Calvin Coolidge
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Practicing the virtues most Americans seemed to honor in absentia, Calvin Coolidge served as president of the United States during the central years of that extraordinary decade, the 1920’s.
Early Life
John Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. His father, Colonel John Calvin Coolidge (the rank was an honorary one bestowed for service on the governor’s staff), was a prominent local figure who had served several terms in the state legislature. His mother, the former Victoria Josephine Moor, died when young...
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