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 ...

Born: July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont... His 1923 State of the Union address to Congress was the first ever to be broadcast via radio. He would continue to use the medium effectively, giving ...

"Kids have been through enough." That was the response of Governor Maura Healey to the demand by the Massachusetts Teachers Association for legalization of teacher strikes in the Bay State. After ...

On March 4, 1925, nearly 100 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated for a second time. He served a partial term beginning in 1923 after the death of President Warren G. Harding. Coolidge ...

I have long been an admirer of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States. I esteem him for many reasons: his personal integrity and common sense, his thoughtfulness, his reverence for ...

On August 2, 1923, President Warren Harding suddenly died. Vice President Calvin Coolidge took the presidential oath of office, administered by his father, a justice of the peace. Myth has it that ...

It’s common for American presidents to grow in our estimation over time. Decisions once deemed unwise can look wiser or prescient with the perspective of decades. Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

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 ...