Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. Coolidge rose through the ranks of Massachusetts government as a Progressive Republican. Elected U.S. vice president in 1920, he ...

With Herbert Hoover already in Washington, the Coolidge era seemed to hurry to its close. Who but the historian recalls an August night among the Vermont hills less than six years ago—reporters in ...

In the wee hours of the morning on Aug. 3, 1923, the light from an oil lamp flickered in the parlor of a Vermont farmhouse as a father swore in his son to become the 30th president of the United ...

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The nation faces massive defense debt, brought on by a war that has divided America. The economy is in a shambles, and inflation rages to near 20%. Debate is rife over legislation that would set ...

Amity Shlaes, Coolidge, 576 pp., $35.00. AMITY SHLAES, the economic historian who almost single-handedly forced a reappraisal of the 1930s with her best-selling The Forgotten Man, now sets out to do ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calvin Coolidge was sworn in to his second term as the 30th president exactly 100 years ago. It turns out "Silent Cal" had a lot ...

The drafters of the Constitution hoped for energetic but accountable presidents. By Adam Liptak The White House seems to be mining the Coolidge era for inspiration. But America is not the country it ...

How do you do, President Coolidge? How do you do, President Coolidge? How are you? So sang a group of girls and boys, waving their hats or their handkerchiefs from the porch of Camp Roosevelt, when ...