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  Grace Coolidge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
Grace Anna Goodhue grew up in the Green Mountain city of Burlington, Vermont, the only child of Andrew and Lemira B. Goodhue.
As Coolidge was rising to the rank of governor, the family kept the duplex; he rented a dollar-and-a-half room in Boston and came home on weekends.
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 Grace Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (1879 - 1957) was wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
They lived modestly; they moved into half of a duplex two weeks before their first son was born, and she budgeted expenses well within the income of a struggling small-town lawyer.
To Grace Coolidge may be credited a full share in her husband's rise in politics.
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 Calvin Coolidge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grace's reply was "Did you marry me to darn your socks?" Without cracking a smile and with his usual seriousness, Calvin answered, "No, but I find it mighty handy." They had two sons; John Coolidge, born in 1906, and Calvin Jr., born in 1908.
Coolidge was elected mayor of Northampton in 1910 and 1911 and was a member of the state Senate 1912-1915, serving as president of that body in 1914 and 1915.
Coolidge is buried beneath a simple headstone in Notch Cemetery, Plymouth Notch, Vermont, where the family homestead is maintained as a museum.
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 Overview
Grace Anna Goodhue was born in Burlington, Vermont on January 3, 1879.
Grace graduated from high school in 1897 and even though the female population was small at the University of Vermont, she assumed she would attend.
Grace, herself, characterized her marriage to Calvin Coolidge, October 4, 1905, as uniting people of " vastly different temperaments and tastes" and commented that her mother "was not in her usual good health" on their wedding day.
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 American President
Grace Coolidge also used her popularity to secure a historical legacy for the White House.
For all that Grace Coolidge was and for all that she had done as First Lady, it is not surprising that the American people were thrilled to have her in the White House.
Although President Coolidge had muted her political voice, Grace Coolidge nevertheless maintained a political presence in her quiet support of issues important to her and in her attendance at budget meetings and Senate hearings.
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 Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge suceeded to the presidency after the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923, and was elected president the following year.
Coolidge was a taciturn, frugal, and industrious man who admired businessman and corporations, and he used his influence in the senate to caution against reform measures that might discourage businessmen from investing their capitol in new projects.
As president, Coolidge kept a slack rein, believing that the nation needed to focus attention on private affairs rather than be pressed to folow bold new public policies.
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 Calvin Coolidge - MSN Encarta
Coolidge is remembered more for his solid character than his political achievements.
Coolidge opposed federal government intervention or relief for workers and was equally against any measures that would interfere with business.
Governor Coolidge, who had earlier declined to take action, brought in additional troops on the third day of the strike and asked for federal soldiers in case a general strike should occur.
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 Tarrant County Republican Party
Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper.
Coolidge was both the most negative and remote of Presidents, and the most accessible.
His wife, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, recounted that a young woman sitting next to Coolidge at a dinner party confided to him she had bet she could get at least three words of conversation from him.
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 30th President, Calvin Coolidge
The Coolidges also had a raccoon named Rebecca whom they often walked around the White House on a leash, and it was said there was an electric bucking horse in the basement.
Coolidge was attributed to encouraging investors in the stock market, helping to create the boom that eventually led to the great depression.
Coolidge surprised everyone when, in l927, he decided he had enough of politics and declared "I do not choose to run for President in l928." Some historians suggested that he took himself out of the nomination process because he foresaw the stock market crash of 1929.
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 First Ladies' Biographical Information
Coolidge was a quiet, shy, silent man who shared with Grace a love of family, a quiet faith and an impish sense of humor.
Grace Coolidge watched as her husband was sworn is as President by his father, Colonel John Coolidge, a notary public.
Grace and Calvin set a goal of raising two million dollars for the school (a goal that was achieved by March 4, 1929).
www.firstladies.org /biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=31   (1561 words)

  
 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge - Legacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Coolidges second son, Calvin Jr., died on July 7, 1924 at age 16 of blood poisoning.  His death was a serious blow to both Grace and Calvin.
Grace Coolidge was the first First Lady to get Congress to approve a bill to protect items at the White House.  She started an inventory of White House items that would be continued by Lou Hoover.
Grace Goodhue Coolidge was a bright, fun-loving, sunny-natured person who brightened the position of First Lady.  She had a charisma that her dour husband lacked.  She was, however, held back by her husband’s controlling nature and her own rather passive nature.  She was loved and admired, but was not a trail blazer.
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 Biography of Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge
Although she was reportedly timid about assuming the responsibilities of a presidential wife, Grace Coolidge became a celebrated hostess.
Known as a "champion smiler" she was the family conversationalist (a not unimportant quality considering the reputation of her husband, "silent Cal.") Grace was also a great baseball fan, a fact which further endeared her to the public.
Grace was as taken by surprise by the news as the rest of the nation.
www.multied.com /bio/ladies/coolidge.html   (298 words)

  
 Calvin Coolidge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Coolidge was the last President of the United States who did not attempt to intervene in free markets, letting business cycles run their course.
Coolidge did not seek renomination; he announced his decision with typical terseness: "I do not choose to run for President in 1928." After leaving office, he and wife Grace returned to Northampton, Mass., where his political career had begun.
An academic conference on Coolidge was held July 30-31, 1998, at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library to mark the 75th anniversary of his lantern-light homestead inaugural.
www.godseye.com /stat/en/c/a/l/Calvin_Coolidge_91e2.html   (1567 words)

  
 President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Sites - www.HistoricVermont.org
Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont on the Fourth of July, 1872.
Grace taught hearing-impaired children and was a bright and charming woman.
Coolidge was the only President to be sworn in by his father and in his family's home.
www.historicvermont.org /coolidge/CoolidgeBio.html   (1191 words)

  
 Explore DC: Grace Coolidge
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge was an only child, born to parents of prominent New England families.
Anna was charming and outgoing; Calvin was tightlipped and gloomy.
Grace Coolidge's youngest son died at the age of 16 while the family was living at the White House.
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 Welcome to The American Presidency
In 1905, Coolidge married Grace Anna Goodhue, a teacher of deaf students.
In a telegram to Samuel Gompers, the national head of the union, Coolidge wrote, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." His statement received national attention and was praised by leaders of both major parties.
Coolidge, who had not been a part of Harding's inner circle, was soon recognized as an honorable man who could restore faith in the presidency.
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 AmericanHeritage.com / Lamplight Inauguration
As the telegram was taking to the wires, the fifty-one-year-old Calvin Coolidge- at fifteen he had arbitrarily dropped both the John and the Junior—was lounging in a rocking chair pondering with his father the advisability of “sitting out” the heat or sweating it off in bed.
Grace Coolidge, neatly coiffed and wearing a plain bluish house dress, entered the room and walked to the small table in the center, where she carefully centered a sparklingly polished oil lamp: Aurora Pierce, Colonel John’s housekeeper, was scrupulous in attending to her duties.
Grace Coolidge approached her husband to ask if the oath-taking should not be delayed until the rest of the newsmen returned.
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 calvin_coolidge
In my opinion, Calvin Coolidge has been vilified or ignored by late 20th century Liberal political culture precisely because he exposes its intellectual bankruptcy and hypocrisy.
Calvin Coolidge is the most articulate and powerful expositor of Americanism in this century, perhaps in American History since the founders passed from the scene.
Calvin Coolidge deserves to be heard - in spite of his legendary 'reticence' - for the wisdom with which he both spoke and lived.
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 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Biography: For her "fine personal influence exerted as First Lady of the Land," Grace Coolidge received a gold medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences.
Tact and gaiety made her one of the most popular hostesses of the White House, and she left Washington in 1929 with the country's respect and love.
Her chief activity as she grew older was serving as a trustee of the Clarke School; her great pleasure was the family of her surviving son, John.
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 CALVIN COOLIDGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In 1905, Calvin Coolidge Married Grace Anna Goodhue who was born in 1879 and later died in 1957.
I found that Calvin Coolidge was the only president born on the 4th of July, but there is one other that came from Vermont.
Coolidge's nickname was "Silent Cal." It was once said by Walter Lippmann," This active inactivity suits the mood and certain of the needs of the country admirably.
www.vuhs.org /project/coolidge.htm   (541 words)

  
 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge - Marriage
During World War I, Grace became involved in the Red Cross, something she maintained an interest in the rest of her life.  She was also a trustee of the Clarke School for the Deaf.
In 1920, Grace was thrust into the limelight when her husband was nominated as Vice President on the ticket with Warren G. Harding of Ohio.  After the 1920 election, the Coolidge’s moved to Washington where they lived in the Willard Hotel.  When Mrs.
Harding collapsed from kidney failure in 1922, Grace Coolidge took over her official duties.  The Coolidges were visiting Calvin’s family home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont when they learned of the death of President Warren Harding.
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 Calvin Coolidge
He was a president of few words, was so famous for saying so little that a White House dinner guest made a bet that she could get the president to say more than two words.
Coolidge graduated from Amherst College with honors, and entered law and politics in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Coolidge slowly and methodically went up the political ladder from councilman in Northampton to Governor of Massachusetts, as a Republican.
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 Welcome to The American Presidency
Coolidge charmed guests at the White House, and she charmed the nation, becoming one of America's best-loved First Ladies.
Coolidge won his own term in 1924, but that year the family suffered a tragedy.
The Coolidges were devastated, and the country grieved with them.
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 Calvin Coolidge on the World Wide Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Grace Goodhue Coolidge (Picture from Library of Congress)
Quotations By Calvin Coolidge To Inspire and Motivate
Former President Coolidge on Farm (CORBIS: from Library of Congress)
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 Coolidge Family Crest
In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
In the Coolidge coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...
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 Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was born in 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont.
He married Grace Anna Goodhue in 1905; the couple had two sons.
Coolidge was nominated as Warren G. Harding's running mate for the 1920 presidential election.
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Burlington Vermont, Grace Anna Coodhue Coolidge receives degree in law from her alma mater, Vermont University.
Calvin Coolidge, Medium and closeup of Grace Coolidge.
Grace Coolidge speaking to World War 1 veterans on the lawn of Veteran's Hospital.
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 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved--and for some years one of the most reviled--women of her generation.
She was born in New York City on October 11, 1884, daughter of lovely Anna Hall and Elliott Roosevelt, younger brother of Theodore.
Tall, slender, graceful of figure but apprehensive at the thought of being a wallflower, she returned for a debut that she dreaded.
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 US Presidents - Calvin Coolidge
His Presidency: As president during the roaring 20s, Coolidge was a symbol of prosperity.
Coolidge slept over eight hours a night, and took long naps in the afternoon.
Calvin Coolidge - (Of the Allies' war-debt, 1925)
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 Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States
For her "fine personal influence exerted as First Lady of the Land," Grace Coolidge received a gold medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences.
She grew up in the Green Mountain city of Burlington, Vermont, only child of Andrew and Lemira Goodhue.
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 CBSnews.com
The room was redecorated in 1970, retaining the traditional red color scheme determined by the portrait of first lady Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge.
Calvin Coolidge was too occupied that day with events concerning the Teapot Dome oil scandal.
So the president postponed his appointment, and Grace Coolidge posed instead.
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