My favorite story about Coolidge is that when he was introduced to Red Grange, who had just joined the Chicago Bears and was the most famous football player in America, Coolidge greeted him cordially and told him that he had "always been partial to animal acts." Whether he genuinely didn't know who Grange was or decided to subject the football star to a little Vermont wit, it's hard to imagine any other president roasting the biggest player in the NFL to his face.
I like the one about the Washington hostess who told him she made a bet with a friend that she could get him to say at least three words to her. Coolidge's response: "You lose."
His father had been a Colonel in the 10th Regiment, Vermont Militia during the Civil War. His years of service was from 1860-1869. His oldest son was born in 1906 and lived to see the 21st century. His youngest son died in 1924 while he was in office. He was playing tennis on the White House tennis courts without putting on socks and developed a blister on one of his toes. The blister subsequently degenerated into sepsis. It's entirely possible that his father had seen and heard Lincoln give one of his many speeches.
Nice to know that there are still people who can provide political history without adding their own political biases to it. And an interesting and little-known story at that.
Perfectly legal, as far as I'm aware. The Constitution says the VP "shall assume the Office" if the President dies/quits, so an argument could be made that Oath is just a formality in that case, covered by the VP Oath he would already have taken ("faithfully discharge all duties" I think is the language there.). In any case, it was the proper Oath, administered by a lawful magistrate.
My favorite president, John Calvin Coolidge (he would drop the John early in life) was born on July 4th 1872 in Plymouth Vermont. Although he would go on to a memorable political career in neighboring Massachusetts, Vermont would always hold a special place in his heart. This dour and taciturn New England Yankee would become the most conservative president of the last century and perhaps the only true Jeffersonian to occupy the White House. He had a lifelong suspicion of government and believed that people were best left alone. At his core Coolidge believed the answer to most problems was hard work, thrift and minding your own business. He was also deeply old fashioned in many other respects. Coolidge was the last president who wrote his own speeches (all of them) and the last who never learned how to drive a car. He refused to allow a telephone to be put in the oval office and generally refused to speak on one. He claimed they demeaned the dignity of the office and you could never tell who was listening. On which point I think he was ahead of his time. Coolidge was the butt of countless jokes and he laughed all the way to the political bank. He was an extremely reserved and reticent man though he had a very dry wit of his own. It was said that he rarely smiled in public. (Oddly his wife Grace Coolidge was the complete opposite of her husband, a beautiful and socially graceful woman who was the life of the party and a ray of light in the darkest room.) One wag said that seeing Calvin Coolidge smile was like watching the ice break up on a New England river. Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of the former president, once quipped that Coolidge looked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. Newspaper columnist Dorothy Parker when told of his death in 1933 exclaimed “How can you tell?” Calvin Coolidge presided over a period of great national prosperity and cut taxes twice. He balanced the budget every year he was in office (1923-1929) and reduced the public debt. He wielded the veto frequently cutting government spending at every opportunity. He briefly ordered government employees to type on both sides of each piece of paper in order to reduce paper expenditures. He threatened to fire the White House Chef once for cooking a whole ham for a state dinner with over 200 guests. It was popularly said that when Coolidge held a nickel he could squeeze it so hard you could hear the buffalo roar. Nor was it only in his public life that Coolidge was parsimonious. Once while taking a walk late in his term as President, Coolidge stopped in front of an ice cream parlor and stunned his companion Col. Edmund Starling (Coolidge’s long time secret service guard) by offering to buy him an ice cream float. Starling explained that when Coolidge pulled out his change purse it appeared to be one passed down from his grandfather and that dust flew from it when the President opened it and extracted the requisite nickel for the treat. Mrs. Coolidge once related how not long after they had married, she had been smooth talked by a door to door salesman and had bought a large volume of supposed home medical advice for the sum of $10.00 (a not inconsiderable amount in those days). Later she came to regret the purchase and worried what her husband would think. So she stuck the book on the shelf and waited for any reaction. None however seemed to come and she soon forgot about it. Several years later while preparing to move she found the book and sat down with it. When she opened it she found in her husbands crisp handwriting a short note inscribed on the inside of the cover. “I find in this work no cure for a sucker.” This respect for the value of the penny appears to have been instilled in the future president at an early age. Coolidge himself related the story of how when he was a young boy in the summer of 1880 he asked his father for a penny so that he could buy a candy stick. His father soberly explained that it was an election year and it appeared that the Democrats were going to win. This would mean hard times and he would therefore need to learn economy. However in November Coolidge went back to his father and “I pointed out that the election returns indicated we were to continue a Republican administration. With that view presented I was able to secure the advance of the sum requested.” But it was his legendary reticence for which Coolidge is best remembered. His nickname was “Silent Cal.” One probably apocryphal story has Coolidge seated next to two women at a dinner when one leans toward him and says “Mr. President, I have made a wager that I can get you to say more than two words.” Coolidge is supposed to have replied “You loose.” It was reported that a state dinner for the Queen of Romania the only words that passed his lips were “Salt please.” Mrs. Coolidge once told the story of how her husband had been invited to hear a famous preacher who was visiting Washington. Later that day while reading the paper together in silence she asked him what he thought of the sermon. “Good” he responded. After a few minutes of silence she decided to press on for more details. What was the subject she asked? “Sin” replied the President of the United States. Somewhat exasperated his wife soldiered on… “What did he have to say about it?” Coolidge now clearly annoyed at the distraction from his newspaper looked up and replied “He’s against it.” All of this aside the 30th President had a very human side. He was a devoted family man who doted on his wife and deeply loved his two sons. He tried very hard to instill in them the same values he had been raised with, respect for hard work and thrift. While serving as president his younger son Calvin Jr. worked as a field hand at a tobacco plantation in Virginia. When one of the boy’s friends noted that if his father was President of the United States he would not be cutting tobacco in a field, young Cal replied “if your father was my father you would.” In the summer of 1924 tragedy struck. Calvin Jr. took a short break and while visiting the White House with his older brother John, went out to play lawn tennis. While doing this the boy got a blister which became infected. In this day and age such an infection would be cured quickly with antibiotics. But this was not available in the 1920’s. For days the President sat at his son’s side while he lingered in great agony. It was a presidential election year and in an age when partisan politics were not nearly as nasty as they have become in recent times, the Democrats interrupted the proceedings of their convention twice daily to read medical bulletins on the boys condition and offer prayer. When Calvin Jr. finally died his father was crushed. Coolidge later wrote that when his son died, the power and glory of the presidency died with him. Not long after the boy’s death Col Starling reported that a boy was seen standing outside the White House fence. When asked what he was doing by a Secret Service man, the boy said he had come to tell the president how sorry he was about his son’s death. The guard then brought the boy in and took him to the oval office where he was introduced to President Coolidge. Coolidge was deeply affected and according to the guard nearly lost his composure. After the meeting the President instructed the Secret Service that if any other children came to the White House and asked to see the President they were to be admitted. Those orders were scrupulously observed for the rest of Coolidge’s tenure in office. In 1928 Coolidge decided to step down and not seek another term as president though he would almost certainly have won. After leaving office he quietly returned to his law practice in Northampton Massachusetts. One day as we was walking back to his office from lunch an old acquaintance spotted him and stopped to stare. As the former president tipped his hat in greeting the man exclaimed; "Coolidge! I haven't seen you in an age. Where have you been?" Mr. Coolidge replied "Out of town."
The Bizarre Way Calvin Coolidge Became President 0355am 10.1.25 wasn't assassinated, then? glad you have the stomach to enjoy your politicians though...
Wow! What a WONDERFUL story! You should do a video yourself! Or better yet, you can actually write a BIOGRAPHY on Coolidge! You certainly did your homework! ❤
A piece of information is incorrect. He decided and announced on August 2nd, 1927, to the public, "I do not choose to run", when asked about running for a second term as President.
I have read two different reasons he didn't run. One was the death of his son. The second was he felt the stock market was getting overheated and he was helpless to do anything about it. He did withdraw his money out of the stock market in January 1929 and placed the money in gold plated bonds. His salary as President was $ 75,000.00 a year.
As a child I visited the Coolidge home in Vermont in the 1950s.. The tour guide confirmed the Coolidge family's dedication to simplicity and austerity. "Wear it out, make it do" were some of the words they lived by.
He was known as Silent Cal. There is a story that at some public function he was seated next to a woman who had bet another woman that she could get Cal to say three words. She told him of the bet and he turned to her and said "you lose".
Part of the reason for that was that Coolidge had an extraordinarily nasal, whiny voice. You can hear him speak in various UA-cam videos to see what I mean.
ON MY ONLY TRIP to vermont,l accidentally came across the little store on the corner that to this day ,is a federal post office.there is a sign about this somewhere.
In a biography of Coolidge I read that Vermont had a major flood and Calvin refused to provide federal assistance for his own state. He was also the last president to spend LESS in a fiscal year than was spent in the previous year. Also, his son died while he was in office. He got a blister on his toe playing tennis that got progressively worse.
Article II., Section 1., Clause 8. (Administering the Presidential Oath of Office) does not stipulate that an "Officer of the United States", let alone an Article III judge (Chief Justice of the United States, Assoc. Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Federal Court of Appeals, or a Judge of a Federal Districts Court) must swear in the President, so Coolidge's father (a Notary Public in the State of Vermont, an "Officer of the State"), let alone even a Commissioned Officer in the United States Armed Forces (who holds a Commission by means of a Presidential appointment through confirmation by the U.S. Senate, a body that until 1917, was chosen by the legislatures of the "several States"; the legislatures themselves chosen by the "qualified electors" of said "several States") can even (and legally) administer the Presidential Oath of Office.
And Mr. Coolidge became one of the finest Presidents in American history. I can just hear him saying to his wife: "My dear, before we set off for Washington, I need to finish shoveling the hay out of the back of the buckboard." A great man, a great president!
Coolidge was born July 4, 1872, the only US president born on July 4. Every year on July 4 there is a day-long celebration of Coolidge's life, at Plymouth Notch, Vermont. It is a wonderful event. The town is a throwback into the rustic past in a spectacular Vermont setting. Visit the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation website for more information.
And two of our greatest presidents died on July 4th. Both John Addams and Thomas Jefferson died July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
@RevLeigh55 Furthemore, the fifth president of the USA ☆ *James Monroe* ☆ passed away (aged 73) on *Monday 4 July 1831* 🇺🇲 the 55th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. President Monroe's tenure of office lasted eight years: from Tuesday 4 March 1817 to Friday 4 March 1825 🏛 when *John Quincy Adams* ☆ the sixth Commander in Chief ☆ was inaugurated 🎉
Calvin went to church one sunday. His wife wasn't feeling well so didn'tgo that day. She asked him, "What did the reverend talk about?" His reply, "Sin." "What did he say about it?" "He was against it."
My father was from Wilmington, Vermont and Calvin Coolidge is my 7th cousin twice removed. I have a grandson named after him and a quote of his above my desk that says, " There is no dignity quite so impressive and no independence quite so important as living within your means."
@StationRussification We had a strong economy under his administration.He also had integrity Harding lacked.I heard he tried to warn stock brokers to regulate themselves because they practically have stock away.Had they heeded his advice,there never would have been a Great Depression.
Coolidge ignored unemployment & his deregulation policies were a disaster The Great Depression was caused by a number of factors, including: The collapse of the banking system, Oversupply and overproduction, Banks extending too much credit, Banks ignoring the Federal Reserve, and Banks not maintaining adequate reserves.
@StationRussification The highest employment rate up to that time was in his administration.I'm sure have an erection at the mention of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's name.The New Deal prolonged the Depression.Deregulation allows more competition and brings prices down.I think there should be some regulation but there's too much now.Coolidge evidently tried get banks and brokers to have regulations on their own but they refused.Had they done so,there would never have been a Depression.
Harry Truman noted in "The Buck Stops Here" that after Coolidge was sworn in, he went back to bed and apparently spent the next four years asleep. It was noted today, January 9, 2025, that Jimmy Carter was born when Calvin Coolidge was president. BTW what is the name of the 1920's Channel theme?
I like having fun with my students by saying "... What's cooler than being sworn in as President of the United States"? "Having your Father administer the oath".😮😮😮
I just have ONE question. I was Born In Portugal. My parents moved here in 1980. ANd I had a mediocre US Edumacation err Education. Most of the history that I learned was by choice. " Library "
Presidential and vice-presidential candidates were chosen and voted on within their political parties. Someone brought up Coolidge and, to a lot of people's surprise, he ended up getting the most votes and became the nominee. Since he was chosen, Coolidge felt that he had a political duty to fulfill and went along with it.
@David-yw2lv As I recall from the polling during the 2016 primaries, against Hillary Clinton Trump lost to Bernie by 5 points in the general election. Hillary against Trump polled a coin toss, +/- 3 points for either candidate in the general election, which was the polls margin of error, so the race could go to either candidate. But Clinton and the Dems sabotaged Bernie in the primaries so Hillary would be the candidate, and no second U.S. President from Vermont for 🇺🇸. Dems are good for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory 🤦🏻♂️🙄
Not sure if this story is true or not: A woman once approached Coolidge, known for his silence, and told him she made a bet with her husband that she could make Coolidge say three words. Coolidge replied "You lose." (two words)
That's why the historians don't give him the credit he deserves. To them a good president is an imperialist pig. But a morally sound human who cared about the country and not his donors doesn't get the credit he deserves
What kind of President do you like, the imperialistic ones who send children off the war? Or the ones who confiscate money from as many people as possible to redistribute it in the name of egalitarianism and corporatism, are those the best presidents? The historians get paid to tell you that FDR was a hero, Coolidge was the real deal. A real good human being.
In many respects I can admire Coolidge however, I don’t care for the way he handled the certain issues that would later lead to the Great Depression. He was to hands off the economy.
Who else is here from the year 2029 after Biden became President again in 2028 and VP Nancy Pelosi became President after he was deemed to old to serve?
I hate watching history UA-cam videos made by Millenials. Lets go over "stuck in time". Go look that up. His home wasn't stuck in time. 1920 farm towns usually were like that. If you had a doc about a president in the 70's or 80's who had a one phone town would be the one stuck in time. Words have meaning.
In hindsight, I should have been more clear about this. I wasn't trying to imply that it was unusual for rural houses in the 1920s to not have electricity and other modern amenities. It was the fact that since the Coolidges were both pretty successful, they could have gotten electricity in the Coolidge family home (if that was possible in that particular area; I don't know much about that particular thing) or bought a more modern home elsewhere, but consciously chose to keep it traditional. And since things were modernizing pretty quickly in the 1920s, it's interesting that they chose not to embrace modern conveniences, while the presidents around Coolidge (Harding and Hoover) were far more personally open to modern things even though they were similar in age to Coolidge. I just wanted to emphasize how Coolidge was far less of a "modern" president and doesn't match what many people now might assume a 1920s president to be, since that decade is often seen as very modern for its time, and that he was much more a product of the era of his younger days than most other presidents.
My favorite story about Coolidge is that when he was introduced to Red Grange, who had just joined the Chicago Bears and was the most famous football player in America, Coolidge greeted him cordially and told him that he had "always been partial to animal acts." Whether he genuinely didn't know who Grange was or decided to subject the football star to a little Vermont wit, it's hard to imagine any other president roasting the biggest player in the NFL to his face.
@@timba3olf568 LOL, very interesting, thanks!
I like the one about the Washington hostess who told him she made a bet with a friend that she could get him to say at least three words to her. Coolidge's response: "You lose."
His father had been a Colonel in the 10th Regiment, Vermont Militia during the Civil War.
His years of service was from 1860-1869.
His oldest son was born in 1906 and lived to see the 21st century.
His youngest son died in 1924 while he was in office.
He was playing tennis on the White House tennis courts without putting on socks and developed a blister on one of his toes. The blister subsequently degenerated into sepsis.
It's entirely possible that his father had seen and heard Lincoln give one of his many speeches.
Of course, in reverse, there was Ruth commenting when he met Woodrow Wilson, 'hot as he'll ain't it Prez'
Nice to know that there are still people who can provide political history without adding their own political biases to it. And an interesting and little-known story at that.
There's something so charming and quaint about this story.
Perfectly legal, as far as I'm aware. The Constitution says the VP "shall assume the Office" if the President dies/quits, so an argument could be made that Oath is just a formality in that case, covered by the VP Oath he would already have taken ("faithfully discharge all duties" I think is the language there.). In any case, it was the proper Oath, administered by a lawful magistrate.
I was once compelled to pay five cents for a notary seal- to make it legal. I hope................
The oath is a formality. The VP immediately assumes the presidency on the death of the president.
I've been to his home in VT and seen the very spot where his father swore him in. It's a beautiful part of the country and well worth the visit!
My favorite president, John Calvin Coolidge (he would drop the John early in life) was born on July 4th 1872 in Plymouth Vermont. Although he would go on to a memorable political career in neighboring Massachusetts, Vermont would always hold a special place in his heart. This dour and taciturn New England Yankee would become the most conservative president of the last century and perhaps the only true Jeffersonian to occupy the White House. He had a lifelong suspicion of government and believed that people were best left alone. At his core Coolidge believed the answer to most problems was hard work, thrift and minding your own business. He was also deeply old fashioned in many other respects.
Coolidge was the last president who wrote his own speeches (all of them) and the last who never learned how to drive a car. He refused to allow a telephone to be put in the oval office and generally refused to speak on one. He claimed they demeaned the dignity of the office and you could never tell who was listening. On which point I think he was ahead of his time. Coolidge was the butt of countless jokes and he laughed all the way to the political bank. He was an extremely reserved and reticent man though he had a very dry wit of his own. It was said that he rarely smiled in public. (Oddly his wife Grace Coolidge was the complete opposite of her husband, a beautiful and socially graceful woman who was the life of the party and a ray of light in the darkest room.) One wag said that seeing Calvin Coolidge smile was like watching the ice break up on a New England river. Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of the former president, once quipped that Coolidge looked as though he had been weaned on a pickle. Newspaper columnist Dorothy Parker when told of his death in 1933 exclaimed “How can you tell?”
Calvin Coolidge presided over a period of great national prosperity and cut taxes twice. He balanced the budget every year he was in office (1923-1929) and reduced the public debt. He wielded the veto frequently cutting government spending at every opportunity. He briefly ordered government employees to type on both sides of each piece of paper in order to reduce paper expenditures. He threatened to fire the White House Chef once for cooking a whole ham for a state dinner with over 200 guests. It was popularly said that when Coolidge held a nickel he could squeeze it so hard you could hear the buffalo roar.
Nor was it only in his public life that Coolidge was parsimonious. Once while taking a walk late in his term as President, Coolidge stopped in front of an ice cream parlor and stunned his companion Col. Edmund Starling (Coolidge’s long time secret service guard) by offering to buy him an ice cream float. Starling explained that when Coolidge pulled out his change purse it appeared to be one passed down from his grandfather and that dust flew from it when the President opened it and extracted the requisite nickel for the treat.
Mrs. Coolidge once related how not long after they had married, she had been smooth talked by a door to door salesman and had bought a large volume of supposed home medical advice for the sum of $10.00 (a not inconsiderable amount in those days). Later she came to regret the purchase and worried what her husband would think. So she stuck the book on the shelf and waited for any reaction. None however seemed to come and she soon forgot about it. Several years later while preparing to move she found the book and sat down with it. When she opened it she found in her husbands crisp handwriting a short note inscribed on the inside of the cover. “I find in this work no cure for a sucker.”
This respect for the value of the penny appears to have been instilled in the future president at an early age. Coolidge himself related the story of how when he was a young boy in the summer of 1880 he asked his father for a penny so that he could buy a candy stick. His father soberly explained that it was an election year and it appeared that the Democrats were going to win. This would mean hard times and he would therefore need to learn economy. However in November Coolidge went back to his father and “I pointed out that the election returns indicated we were to continue a Republican administration. With that view presented I was able to secure the advance of the sum requested.”
But it was his legendary reticence for which Coolidge is best remembered. His nickname was “Silent Cal.” One probably apocryphal story has Coolidge seated next to two women at a dinner when one leans toward him and says “Mr. President, I have made a wager that I can get you to say more than two words.” Coolidge is supposed to have replied “You loose.” It was reported that a state dinner for the Queen of Romania the only words that passed his lips were “Salt please.” Mrs. Coolidge once told the story of how her husband had been invited to hear a famous preacher who was visiting Washington. Later that day while reading the paper together in silence she asked him what he thought of the sermon. “Good” he responded. After a few minutes of silence she decided to press on for more details. What was the subject she asked? “Sin” replied the President of the United States. Somewhat exasperated his wife soldiered on… “What did he have to say about it?” Coolidge now clearly annoyed at the distraction from his newspaper looked up and replied “He’s against it.”
All of this aside the 30th President had a very human side. He was a devoted family man who doted on his wife and deeply loved his two sons. He tried very hard to instill in them the same values he had been raised with, respect for hard work and thrift. While serving as president his younger son Calvin Jr. worked as a field hand at a tobacco plantation in Virginia. When one of the boy’s friends noted that if his father was President of the United States he would not be cutting tobacco in a field, young Cal replied “if your father was my father you would.”
In the summer of 1924 tragedy struck. Calvin Jr. took a short break and while visiting the White House with his older brother John, went out to play lawn tennis. While doing this the boy got a blister which became infected. In this day and age such an infection would be cured quickly with antibiotics. But this was not available in the 1920’s. For days the President sat at his son’s side while he lingered in great agony. It was a presidential election year and in an age when partisan politics were not nearly as nasty as they have become in recent times, the Democrats interrupted the proceedings of their convention twice daily to read medical bulletins on the boys condition and offer prayer. When Calvin Jr. finally died his father was crushed.
Coolidge later wrote that when his son died, the power and glory of the presidency died with him. Not long after the boy’s death Col Starling reported that a boy was seen standing outside the White House fence. When asked what he was doing by a Secret Service man, the boy said he had come to tell the president how sorry he was about his son’s death. The guard then brought the boy in and took him to the oval office where he was introduced to President Coolidge. Coolidge was deeply affected and according to the guard nearly lost his composure. After the meeting the President instructed the Secret Service that if any other children came to the White House and asked to see the President they were to be admitted. Those orders were scrupulously observed for the rest of Coolidge’s tenure in office.
In 1928 Coolidge decided to step down and not seek another term as president though he would almost certainly have won. After leaving office he quietly returned to his law practice in Northampton Massachusetts. One day as we was walking back to his office from lunch an old acquaintance spotted him and stopped to stare. As the former president tipped his hat in greeting the man exclaimed; "Coolidge! I haven't seen you in an age. Where have you been?" Mr. Coolidge replied "Out of town."
The Bizarre Way Calvin Coolidge Became President 0355am 10.1.25 wasn't assassinated, then? glad you have the stomach to enjoy your politicians though...
Wow! What a WONDERFUL story! You should do a video yourself! Or better yet, you can actually write a BIOGRAPHY on Coolidge! You certainly did your homework! ❤
A piece of information is incorrect. He decided and announced on August 2nd, 1927, to the public, "I do not choose to run", when asked about running for a second term as President.
I have read two different reasons he didn't run. One was the death of his son.
The second was he felt the stock market was getting overheated and he was helpless to do anything about it. He did withdraw his money out of the stock market in January 1929 and placed the money in gold plated bonds. His salary as President was $ 75,000.00 a year.
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I’m glad I found this channel…..I’m now a subscriber! I love 1920s information and history.
As a child I visited the Coolidge home in Vermont in the 1950s.. The tour guide confirmed the Coolidge family's dedication to simplicity and austerity. "Wear it out, make it do" were some of the words they lived by.
My first look at the channel and really enjoyed it.
He was known as Silent Cal. There is a story that at some public function he was seated next to a woman who had bet another woman that she could get Cal to say three words. She told him of the bet and he turned to her and said "you lose".
Part of the reason for that was that Coolidge had an extraordinarily nasal, whiny voice. You can hear him speak in various UA-cam videos to see what I mean.
thank you for this info on President Coolidge. still one the greatest youtube channels!
ON MY ONLY TRIP to vermont,l accidentally came across the little store on the corner that to this day ,is a federal post office.there is a sign about this somewhere.
Fascinating stuff!
One phone down at the general store. When I get my time machine up and running I know where to head: Plymouth Notch, VT one century back.
i pass by the homestead quite often. have visited.. my ski club is just up the road a ways.
Very interesrting!
In a biography of Coolidge I read that Vermont had a major flood and Calvin refused to provide federal assistance for his own state. He was also the last president to spend LESS in a fiscal year than was spent in the previous year.
Also, his son died while he was in office. He got a blister on his toe playing tennis that got progressively worse.
Great summary and very cool.
Just found you, very impressive- Thank You.
Thank you. Good research well presented. Bravo.
So it IS possible for such a transition to occur with grace and dignity. Not like today's hysterical theatrical circus performances
Cool Calvin coolidge, a simpler time❤
Thx for putting this info up
Keep Cool With Coolidge! Love this channel ...
Article II., Section 1., Clause 8. (Administering the Presidential Oath of Office) does not stipulate that an "Officer of the United States", let alone an Article III judge (Chief Justice of the United States, Assoc. Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Federal Court of Appeals, or a Judge of a Federal Districts Court) must swear in the President, so Coolidge's father (a Notary Public in the State of Vermont, an "Officer of the State"), let alone even a Commissioned Officer in the United States Armed Forces (who holds a Commission by means of a Presidential appointment through confirmation by the U.S. Senate, a body that until 1917, was chosen by the legislatures of the "several States"; the legislatures themselves chosen by the "qualified electors" of said "several States") can even (and legally) administer the Presidential Oath of Office.
great video old silent cal
And Mr. Coolidge became one of the finest Presidents in American history. I can just hear him saying to his wife: "My dear, before we set off for Washington, I need to finish shoveling the hay out of the back of the buckboard." A great man, a great president!
Very cool!!
Silent Cal
Very interesting. My father was born in 1923.
That was interesting- thank you.
Calvin is a cool trend seter.
Coolidge was born July 4, 1872, the only US president born on July 4. Every year on July 4 there is a day-long celebration of Coolidge's life, at Plymouth Notch, Vermont. It is a wonderful event. The town is a throwback into the rustic past in a spectacular Vermont setting. Visit the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation website for more information.
And two of our greatest presidents died on July 4th. Both John Addams and Thomas Jefferson died July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
@RevLeigh55 Furthemore, the fifth president of the USA ☆ *James Monroe* ☆ passed away (aged 73) on *Monday 4 July 1831* 🇺🇲 the 55th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. President Monroe's tenure of office lasted eight years: from Tuesday 4 March 1817 to Friday 4 March 1825 🏛 when *John Quincy Adams* ☆ the sixth Commander in Chief ☆ was inaugurated 🎉
Calvin went to church one sunday. His wife wasn't feeling well so didn'tgo that day. She asked him, "What did the reverend talk about?" His reply, "Sin." "What did he say about it?" "He was against it."
My father was from Wilmington, Vermont and Calvin Coolidge is my 7th cousin twice removed. I have a grandson named after him and a quote of his above my desk that says, " There is no dignity quite so impressive and no independence quite so important as living within your means."
I believe Silent Cal was a great president. Frugal, nondescript, reserved.
Coolidge? It's more like cool ranch. lol what a guy!
Coolidge is a highly underrated President.
How so?
@StationRussification We had a strong economy under his administration.He also had integrity Harding lacked.I heard he tried to warn stock brokers to regulate themselves because they practically have stock away.Had they heeded his advice,there never would have been a Great Depression.
Coolidge ignored unemployment & his deregulation policies were a disaster
The Great Depression was caused by a number of factors, including: The collapse of the banking system, Oversupply and overproduction, Banks extending too much credit, Banks ignoring the Federal Reserve, and Banks not maintaining adequate reserves.
@StationRussification The highest employment rate up to that time was in his administration.I'm sure have an erection at the mention of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's name.The New Deal prolonged the Depression.Deregulation allows more competition and brings prices down.I think there should be some regulation but there's too much now.Coolidge evidently tried get banks and brokers to have regulations on their own but they refused.Had they done so,there would never have been a Depression.
@4:45 lesser known fact, Coolidge’s father was the model for the “pitchfork man” in American Gothic.
Afraid not. The artist Grant Wood says the models were his sister and their family dentist.
We need more Coolidge content
Great story about Calvin Coolidge
Harry Truman noted in "The Buck Stops Here" that after Coolidge was sworn in, he went back to bed and apparently spent the next four years asleep.
It was noted today, January 9, 2025, that Jimmy Carter was born when Calvin Coolidge was president.
BTW what is the name of the 1920's Channel theme?
The intro song is “Sweet Mama” by Duke Ellington
@@The1920sChannel Thank you for the information! A very catchy tune. I just looked it up. A rather long record for its day at 3:01.
Why would reporters need to cover a vice president's vacation in the first place?
Wasn’t much going on in the 20s
Learned about this in maybe 5th grade so somewhere around ‘56 or ‘57.
His cat cast the tie breaking vote
I like having fun with my students by saying "... What's cooler than being sworn in as President of the United States"? "Having your Father administer the oath".😮😮😮
What a cool name
I like Coolidge. He was cheap, esp w taxpayer's money. Insisted that leftovers be eaten up.
What!??
Interesting.
I'm glad that the Canadians didn't find out first and decide to invade the US>
Why the swearing in at all the oath as vice president already taken
I just have ONE question. I was Born In Portugal. My parents moved here in 1980. ANd I had a mediocre US Edumacation err Education. Most of the history that I learned was by choice. " Library "
Presidential and vice-presidential candidates were chosen and voted on within their political parties. Someone brought up Coolidge and, to a lot of people's surprise, he ended up getting the most votes and became the nominee. Since he was chosen, Coolidge felt that he had a political duty to fulfill and went along with it.
Harding died, so Coolidge got the job.
They would not have been "old-fashioned" lamps at the time.
For some reason? Obviously to not take away his dad’s thunder….
"Unemployment results when large numbers of people are out of work." Said he.
Silent Cal: the greatest American President of the Twentieth Century!
Hey so if Bernie Sanders had run and beat Trump in 2016 he actually would have been the SECOND 🇺🇸 president from Vermont
I'd vote for the Zodiac Killer against Comrade Sanders.
@David-yw2lv As I recall from the polling during the 2016 primaries, against Hillary Clinton Trump lost to Bernie by 5 points in the general election. Hillary against Trump polled a coin toss, +/- 3 points for either candidate in the general election, which was the polls margin of error, so the race could go to either candidate. But Clinton and the Dems sabotaged Bernie in the primaries so Hillary would be the candidate, and no second U.S. President from Vermont for 🇺🇸. Dems are good for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory 🤦🏻♂️🙄
The third, actually. Chester A. Arthur was also from Vermont.
@HumphreyPloughjogger-tv3ln oh, that is so cool
I was thinking Bernie would be the first! 👏🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
@@HumphreyPloughjogger-tv3ln Arthur was another underrated president.
Not sure if this story is true or not: A woman once approached Coolidge, known for his silence, and told him she made a bet with her husband that she could make Coolidge say three words. Coolidge replied "You lose." (two words)
Best president we've ever had. Certainly the most freedom-loving president since the Founding Fathers.
He was probably the decentest man to ever hold the office of the US President.....and that during one of our most decadent eras.
Doubt it after Carter
That's why the historians don't give him the credit he deserves. To them a good president is an imperialist pig. But a morally sound human who cared about the country and not his donors doesn't get the credit he deserves
One of the most compelling Presidents. A favorite of mine. 😊😊
@@stevendaniel8126 Same here.
One of our best presidents.
Agreed.
Totally agree.
I guess some people like having a mediocre president. 😂
What kind of President do you like, the imperialistic ones who send children off the war? Or the ones who confiscate money from as many people as possible to redistribute it in the name of egalitarianism and corporatism, are those the best presidents? The historians get paid to tell you that FDR was a hero, Coolidge was the real deal. A real good human being.
In many respects I can admire Coolidge however, I don’t care for the way he handled the certain issues that would later lead to the Great Depression. He was to hands off the economy.
Who else is here from the year 2029 after Biden became President again in 2028 and VP Nancy Pelosi became President after he was deemed to old to serve?
I hate watching history UA-cam videos made by Millenials. Lets go over "stuck in time". Go look that up. His home wasn't stuck in time. 1920 farm towns usually were like that. If you had a doc about a president in the 70's or 80's who had a one phone town would be the one stuck in time. Words have meaning.
In hindsight, I should have been more clear about this. I wasn't trying to imply that it was unusual for rural houses in the 1920s to not have electricity and other modern amenities. It was the fact that since the Coolidges were both pretty successful, they could have gotten electricity in the Coolidge family home (if that was possible in that particular area; I don't know much about that particular thing) or bought a more modern home elsewhere, but consciously chose to keep it traditional. And since things were modernizing pretty quickly in the 1920s, it's interesting that they chose not to embrace modern conveniences, while the presidents around Coolidge (Harding and Hoover) were far more personally open to modern things even though they were similar in age to Coolidge. I just wanted to emphasize how Coolidge was far less of a "modern" president and doesn't match what many people now might assume a 1920s president to be, since that decade is often seen as very modern for its time, and that he was much more a product of the era of his younger days than most other presidents.
Keep cool with Cal.