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The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president’s ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding’s sudden…

Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) reflected on Calvin Coolidge’s presidency and the lessons she sees for contemporary politics. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress…

Calvin Coolidge’s boyhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, was the scene of a reenactment of the 30th president’s oath of office - to commemorate his 1923 ascension to the presidency. Then Vice…

The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president’s ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding’s sudden…

Calvin Coolidge picked up the tax-cutting baton from Warren Harding after his sudden death, and made it a moral as well as financial hallmark of his White House years. The Calvin Coolidge…

What would Calvin Coolidge do? That’s a question posed for the 2020s by looking back at President Coolidge’s budget policies in the 1920s. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library…

A panel with former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke and former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu discussed Calvin Coolidge during his time as mayor of Northampton and Governor of…

The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president’s ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding’s…

This was a look at the early 1900s politics that shaped the future 30th president, Calvin Coolidge (1923-29). He was viewed as a “progressive” politician - but what did that mean then? The Calvin…

The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president’s ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding’s sudden…

The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president’s ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding’s…

On August 2, 1927, while vacationing in the Black Hills of South Dakota, President Calvin Coolidge announced he would not seek reelection. Seth Tupper, author of Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills, explored…

American History TV interviewed Jennifer Harville, great-granddaughter of Calvin Coolidge, at the Presidential Sites Summit hosted by the White House Historical Association. Descendants of…

Herbert Hoover scholar George Nash talked about the defining relationship between the 31st president and his Oval Office predecessor, Calvin Coolidge. This event was part of the Herbert Hoover Presidential…

Amity Shlaes and Cyndy Bittinger talked about the life and influence of first lady Grace Coolidge and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included role as a style…

Bloomberg correspondent and author Amity Shlaes talked about her biography of the 30th President of the United States, Coolidge, in which she traces the life of Calvin Coolidge from his early days in Plymouth Notch,…

This silent film documents the March 4, 1925, presidential inauguration of Calvin Coolidge.

High school and college students debated the question: “Coolidge v. Reagan: Which president is the better model for GOP candidates today?” During the debate, participants discussed the…

Historians and former legislators talk about which president, Calvin Coolidge or Ronald Reagan, is the better model for contemporary Republican candidates. They spoke about the foreign policy legacy of…

Panelists discussed modern first ladies Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, and Lou Hoover. “Paving the Way” was a panel at the 2015 Warren G. Harding Symposium, “The Modern First Ladies: Portraits…