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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.
To Grace Coolidge may be credited a full share in her husband's rise in politics.
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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 Calvin Coolidge - Wikipedia
Coolidge werd geboren in Plymouth, in Windsor County in de staat Vermont, de zoon van John Coolidge en Victoria Moore.
Coolidge was de laatste president die niet probeerde in te grijpen in de vrije marktwerking en die de economische cyclus op zijn beloop liet.
Coolidge kon niet alleen de belasting verlagen, hij betaalde ook $1 miljard aan staatsschuld af.
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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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 Calvin Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Coolidge was elected mayor of Northampton in 1910 and 1911, was a member of the State senate 1912 - 1915, serving as president of that body in 1914 and 1915.
Coolidge was inaugurated on March 4, 1921,and served until August 3, 1923.
Coolidge was the last President of the United States who did not attempt to intervene in free markets, letting business cycles run theircourse.
www.therfcc.org /calvin-coolidge-9872.html   (511 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Calvin Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Coolidge was the last President of the United States who did not attempt to intervene in free markets, letting business cycles run their course—summed up in the quote "the business of America is business".
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.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Calvin-Coolidge   (742 words)

  
 Grace Coolidge
Although it was apparent that Coolidge was becoming proud of his wife and family, his characterization of demanding tendencies continued to be extremely surreal.
Grace Coolidge was the one with good humor, which enabled her to take his demands in stride.
Although the grieving period of her son's death was excruciating for Grace Coolidge, she continued by the President's side with love and support.
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 Grace Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In Northampton she met Calvin Coolidge; they belonged to the same boating, picnicking, whist-club set, composed largely ofmembers of the local Congregational Church.
As Coolidge was rising tothe rank of governor, the family kept the duplex; he rented a dollar-and-a-half room in Boston and came home on weekends.
In 1921, as wife of the Vice President, Grace Coolidge went from her housewife's routine into Washington society and quicklybecame the most popular woman in the capital.
www.therfcc.org /grace-coolidge-76150.html   (444 words)

  
 "Wombats and Such": Calvin and Grace Coolidge and Their Pets
Coolidge and I are particularly found of cats,” her husband would take fiendish glee in stashing an early family cat, “Bounder,” in various unlikely places—including the hall clock and the porch roof.
Coolidge donned a red dress so she might contrast with the pure white Rob Roy, the President impishly suggested that she wear a white dress and dye the dog red.
Grace and Cal, however, still were concerned regarding her happiness and prevailed upon zoo officials to secure some companionship for her.
www.davidpietrusza.com /coolidge-pets.html   (4217 words)

  
 USA-Presidents.Info - Calvin Coolidge
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.
www.usa-presidents.info /coolidge.htm   (585 words)

  
 30th President, (John) 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.
www.presidentialmuseums.com /Presidents/30.htm   (487 words)

  
 Hancock NH Historical Society - Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Grace Goodhue Coolidge's father was born in Hancock, and the committee noted, "in her girlhood days she was a frequent visitor at her grandfather's home, and personally known to many of the townspeople."
Coolidge could raise the flag "upon the new steel staff." She also planted an elm in front of the grade school on the common and then autographed the spade.
Coolidge returned to visit in 1938, and received visitors at the Foster Stearns' where she was staying.
www.mv.com /ipusers/hancocknh/hhs/his_coolidge.htm   (283 words)

  
 Grace Coolidge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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.
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.
She bore a second son in 1908, and it was she who played backyard baseball with the boys.
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 Grace Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To Grace Coolidge may be credited a share in her husband's rise in politics.
Coolidge was rising to the rank of the family kept the duplex; he rented dollar-and-a-half room in Boston and came home on weekends.
In 1921 as wife of the Vice Grace Coolidge went from her housewife's routine Washington society and quickly became the most woman in the capital.
www.freeglossary.com /Grace_Anna_Goodhue   (760 words)

  
 Exoticdogs.com:Calvin Coolidge's Pet Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Grace Coolidge was the first lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband, Calvin Coolidge, from 1923 to 1929.
Grace Coolidge was the first lady of the United States during the presidency.
During 1896 and 1897, Coolidge was active in the Republican party, and in 1898 he was elected to the city council.
www.exoticdogs.com /presidents/display.php?p=30   (392 words)

  
 VHS MSS: Coolidge Family
The Coolidge family papers are a collection of correspondence, financial and legal papers, and photographs of the Coolidge family of Plymouth, Vermont, 1802-1932.
Calvin Galusha Coolidge was born September 22, 1815, in Plymouth, Vermont, the son of Calvin and Sarah (Thompson) Coolidge.
Correspondence from Calvin Coolidge (stepson), 1891 30 _____, _____, 1892 31 _____, _____, 1893 32 _____, _____, 1894 33 _____, _____, 1897-1915 34 _____, _____, 1916-1918 35 _____, _____, 1919-1920 Doc 390:1 _____.
www.vermonthistory.org /arccat/findaid/coolidge.htm   (3402 words)

  
 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)

  
 American President
A quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit, Calvin Coolidge was known as "Silent Cal." After learning of his ascendancy to President on the death of Warren Harding in 1923, Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, and promptly went back to bed.
Coolidge never explained why he chose not to run for a second term, but those closest to him suggested it was out of concern for his health.
The first lady, Grace Coolidge, was as sunny and sociable as her husband was taciturn and sardonic.
www.americanpresident.org /history/calvincoolidge   (799 words)

  
 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.
www.americanpresident.org /history/calvincoolidge/firstlady   (907 words)

  
 Grace Coolidge: First Lady of Baseball
When Grace could not get out to a game, she employed that newfangled device, radio, to pull one in, either at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or aboard the Mayflower, the presidential yacht.
Coolidge not only kept busy by asking the most perceptive questions, she also supplied the answers.
Silent Cal was noted for “Coolidge Luck,” so its no great surprise to note that the normally hapless Washington Senators won two of their three pennants while Cal resided on the Potomac.
www.davidpietrusza.com /coolidge-grace.html   (2074 words)

  
 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)

  
 GRACE COOLIDGE
Grace Goodhue was born in Burlington, Vermont, the daughter of Andrew and Elmira Goodhue.
Grace graduated from the University of Vermont and became a teacher at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Grace devoted her retirement to friends and church, and avoided all attempts to use her previous position in supporting charities.
www.aboutfamouspeople.com /article1078.html   (405 words)

  
 Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
The legacy of Calvin Coolidge has enjoyed a resurgence and newfound relevancy in recent years, along with a reconsideration of his place in American history on the part of historians and scholars.
The Coolidge Foundation is at the forefront of this new scholarship, and we invite you to participate by becoming a member of the foundation.
The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation is a 501 c3 organization, and all donations are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
www.calvin-coolidge.org   (648 words)

  
 Noho.com - Brief History of Northampton
Coolidge and Hemenway was a place to kick off one's shoes, lean back with a freshly clipped cigar, and pour over the morning's papers and ever-present mail.
Grace Coolidge, as tolerant as the nation was bemused, humored her husband into abandoning white kid gloves at the fish pond.
Coolidge lent credence to this prophecy in a conversation with Colonel Starling.
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 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Sculptures > Calvin Coolidge
A quintessential New Englander, Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont.
Coolidge was nominated as Harding's running mate in 1920 in a political revolt against "bossism," and assumed the vice presidency in 1921.
Following the president's death, Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States by his father, a Vermont justice of the peace.
www.senate.gov /artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_22_00029.htm   (632 words)

  
 Northampton library tends Coolidge memory: 2/11/01
Still, to find Calvin Coolidge's Presidential Library and Museum you have to turn left at the circulation desk and climb the stairs to a modest room on the second floor of the city library.
Almost equal space in the museum is given to Grace Coolidge, the lively baseball-loving schoolteacher at the Clarke School for the Deaf, who was the first First Lady to have graduated from college and worked outside the home.
The Coolidge Library in the Forbes Library, at 20 West St., is open from noon to 3 p.m.
www.s-t.com /daily/02-01/02-11-01/e10tr164.htm   (790 words)

  
 Vermont Only: Coolidge, Grace and Baseball
John Coolidge remembered one incident when Coolidge rose to leave a game, but was restrained by the insistent Grace, pulling at his coattails.
Coolidge was a fan of the Washington Senators, at least while he was President.
But Grace, true to her New England heritage (she was a native of Burlington) remained loyal to the Boston Red Sox.
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 Calvin Coolidge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Calvin Coolidge, a man 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.
Calvin Coolidge was sworn into office by his own father, who was a justice of the peace, at 2:47 in the morning.
Coolidge had numerous dogs and cats, as well as a donkey named "Ebeneezer," a goose that had starred in a Broadway play, and a raccoon named "Rebecca." Coolidge was sometimes found walking around the White House with Rebecca on his shoulder.
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 Declaration Foundation: Restoring America
But they are a reminder that, as Grace Coolidge, his wife, recalled many years later in a volume called "Meet Calvin Coolidge," that the 30th president had a mind like "a well-ordered household."
Coolidge said, on "sheets of foolscap paper in pencil, going over them again and again, changing a word here, a word there, transposing and rewriting with infinite pains." Later, in the White House, he dictated his speeches to a stenographer.
Because, as we approach an election between a man who, like Coolidge, is a conservative Republican and another who, like Coolidge, rose to national prominence from his adopted state of Massachusetts, we are reminded of the power of simple truths.
www.declaration.net /news.asp?docID=4087&y=2004   (962 words)

  
 Explore DC: Grace Coolidge
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge was an only child, born to parents of prominent New England families.
She then spent three years teaching at the Clarke Institute for the Deaf and it was while teaching at Clarke that Grace met Calvin Coolidge.
Grace and Calvin's relationship was often puzzling to those who knew them because the two seemed so different.
www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=224   (216 words)

  
 Biography of Grace Coolidge
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.
www.whitehouse.gov.edgesuite.net /history/firstladies/gc30.html   (486 words)

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