tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80004787303420846182023-11-16T10:41:57.866-05:00Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & MuseumCalvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-56793130040480913002014-09-09T11:22:00.000-04:002014-09-09T11:22:09.808-04:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Trebuchet,'Trebuchet MS',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
VOTE!!!</h3>
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Tuesday September 9, 2014 is Primary Day in Massachusetts! <br /><br />Who would Coolidge vote for?</div>
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<br />The answer is a simple one. Calvin Coolidge would tell his constituents to get out and vote, to care about their government, and to exercise their duty as citizens. As you make your decision whether or not to go to the polls and then how to vote, remember the words of Calvin Coolidge, "We have a tendency to be too indifferent before primaries and elections and too critical after. Public officers can and do exercise large influence over our daily life but the main course of events is in our own hands." </div>
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From a November 4, 1930 newspaper column</div>
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-85297072053294443982014-06-30T01:30:00.000-04:002014-06-30T01:30:01.037-04:00Vice President Charles Dawes-Part 2Coolidge left the
selection of his vice presidential candidate to the 1924 convention delegates since
that was how he had gotten the nomination in 1920. The Republican convention
first nominated Illinois Governor Frank Lowden. He had already said he would
not accept the office and promptly declined. So the convention turned to
Charles G. Dawes, Harding’s Director of the Bureau of the Budget. See the last
post for Dawes’ background.<br />
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Dawes campaigned
hard and after the ticket won office in a Republican landslide, he made several
mistakes early in his tenure. Even before being sworn in, he baffled Coolidge
by saying he would not attend cabinet meetings. Coolidge was the first vice
president to attend these meetings at the invitation of Harding and felt it was important. Coolidge does not mention
Dawes in his autobiography, but says this about the vice presidency, “If the
Vice-President is a man of discretion and character…he should be in the Cabinet
because he might become President and ought to be informed on the policies of
the administration…My experience in the Cabinet was of supreme value to me when
I became President.” (Coolidge, <i>Autobiography</i>,
page 163-164)<br />
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It was the custom
at that time that the vice president was inaugurated inside the Senate Chambers
where he gave a few remarks. So on March 4, 1925, after taking the oath, Dawes
lectured the gathered senators for about one half hour, advocating changes in
the seniority system and limits on the use of the filibuster. The senators were
not happy and neither was Coolidge, because the press focused on Dawes remarks
more than the president’s inaugural address.<br />
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Later, Dawes left
Capitol Hill to take a nap when Coolidge’s nominee for attorney general,
Charles Warren, was up for confirmation in the Senate. There was an unexpected
tie which the vice president could break, if he could get back in time.
Unfortunately, he did not return to the chambers in time, a pro vote change to
a ‘no’ vote, and the candidate was defeated. It was the first rejection of a
cabinet appointee since the presidency of Andrew Johnson, and Coolidge held
Dawes responsible.<br />
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Dawes served out
his term out of favor with the president, but was appointed ambassador to Britain
(1929–32) by Herbert-Hoover
His home in Illinois is preserved as the Evanston Historical Center.<br />
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Dawes has the distinction
of being the only vice president to write the melody, but not the lyrics, to a
No. 1 pop single. He knew it as “Melody in A Major” which he composed in 1911. It
is too bad this multi-talented man did not live to get solace from the lyrics
penned in 1958, “It’s All in the Game.”Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-80973720602461650342014-06-16T01:30:00.000-04:002014-06-16T01:30:00.994-04:00Vice President Dawes <div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Illustrious ancestors, a profitable business career, and
remarkable civilian and military government service does not guarantee
successful electoral office. In Calvin
Coolidge’s world, no one better demonstrates this than his vice president,
Charles Gates Dawes. Although one of his forebears was the William Dawes who
rode with Paul Revere to warn Lexington and Concord that the British were
coming, Charlie Dawes never recovered from some missteps early in his vice
presidential term.</div>
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Born in Ohio, Dawes made his name in business and banking
in Lincoln, Nebraska and later Chicago, Illinois, after graduating from
Marietta College. He turned to politics as an Illinois campaign worker for President
William McKinley, who appointed him Comptroller of the Currency, a post he held
from 1898 to 1901. He immediately ran for the Republican nomination<span style="color: red;"> </span>for U.S. Senator from Illinois in 1902, but lost to Albert
J. Hopkins (R), the eventual winner, who was backed by the new president,
Theodore Roosevelt. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Dawes then returned to banking until World War I when he was
head of supply procurement for the American Expeditionary Force in France and became
a brigadier general. He received a
nickname when testifying in front of a congressional committee looking into
overspending during the war. Wh<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">en a
member of the committee asked Dawes if it was true that excessive prices were
paid for mules in France, he replied, “Hell and Maria, I'd have paid horse
prices for sheep, if the sheep could have pulled artillery to the front!” Thus
he was ‘Hell and Maria’ Dawes or ‘Helen Maria’ Dawes, as he always insisted.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Dawes was appointed the first Director of the Bureau of
the Budget in 1921 by President Harding. He served on the Allied Reparations
Commission negotiating with European colleagues to find a plan for Germany to pay
war compensation to the victors. The Dawes Plan provided for a reorganization
of German finances with loans from American investors. For his effort, he
shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. He gave the money from the prize to Johns
Hopkins University. Unfortunately, the plan was not a long term solution, and
the German economy collapsed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many have struggled with being vice president of this
country. Dawes was one of them in part because he had strong convictions and
self-confidence, but the office does not lend itself to advocating for a cause.
<i>See the next blog posting for Dawes’ troubles in the office.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-28445461447870476692013-12-02T01:30:00.000-05:002013-12-02T01:30:04.327-05:00Silent Cal Was Orator<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">On
September 4, 1923, the Associated Press (AP) reported that according to a biographical
sketch in the Amherst College 25<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Reunion Annual of the Class of
1895, Calvin Coolidge “always said something worth hearing.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">When
Calvin Coolidge became president after the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in
August 1923, the country was anxious for information about him. Coolidge had gotten the public’s attention in 1919, when as the Massachusetts
Governor, he handled the Boston Police Strike well. As we know, memories are
short, and people wanted all the information that they could get about the new president. A frenzy of articles about Coolidge’s personality and character were
feeding the public’s right and need to know.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">In
Oakland, California, Nelson Kingsland, a reporter and Coolidge classmate, had
his copy of the Reunion Annual from 1920 and included the text of the bio in the AP
article that he wrote. The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass. published it the same day, one month into the Coolidge presidency. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Coolidge
was selected Grove Orator by his college class. The person the student’s
selected needed a sense of humor since his job was to award funny prizes to
popular students during graduation celebrations, according to this article.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">In
the fall of 1895, two other Amherst alumni, John Hammond and Henry P. Field agreed
to train Coolidge at their law firm in Northampton, Massachusetts. At least one
of them had heard the Grove Oration in June, and Coolidge’s wit entered into
their decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">His
former classmates were generous with their praise in the 25th Annual:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“The fact that he has risen high in
public office…does not rest at all upon self-seeking ambition, for he does not
seek office, offices seek him...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We in ’95 do not honor him for his
office; we honor him just as all people do – because he is Calvin Coolidge.
Like Abraham Lincoln, a unique personality, a real man in an age when the world
needs real men.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">*</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Nelson Kingsland had a
career as an itinerant reporter and editor in New York City, Denver, Pittsburgh,
New Orleans and on the west coast. He died at age 49 in May 1924, less than a
year after his article helped the country understand its new president. </span>Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-8756334835905604762013-11-26T14:29:00.003-05:002013-11-26T14:29:56.166-05:00Happy Thanksgiving "On this day, in home and church, in family and in public gatherings, the whole nation has for generations <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">paid</span> the tribute due from grateful hearts for blessings bestowed."<br />
From Calvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation<br />
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As President, Calvin Coolidge delivered a Thanksgiving Proclamation each year. Thanks to the <a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/">American Presidency Project</a>, you can read the complete proclamations online. Click on the year to take you to proclamation on their website. <br />
<a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=72449">1923</a><br />
<a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72450">1924</a><br />
<a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72451">1925</a><br />
<a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72452">1926</a><br />
<a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72453">1927</a><br />
<a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72454">1928</a>Julie Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517652889878160234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-85065933595507765052013-11-04T01:30:00.000-05:002013-11-04T01:30:01.469-05:00Another Royal Visitor<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Queen Marie
of Romania and her two youngest children, Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana,
traveled across the U.S. in 1926 with a stop in the capital to call on the
President on their way to the State of Washington. Queen Marie was the consort
of King Ferdinand and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Her father was Prince
Alfred, Victoria and Albert’s second son. Her mother was
Grand Duchess Marie, the daughter of the Russian czar, Alexander II. Marie's father
chose a naval career, and the family lived in Malta for many years so she
grew up away from English court life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">At age 17,
she married a man ten years her senior. She went to live in a country ruled by
her husband’s uncle, King Carol who was very unsure how to use the talents of this
worldly young woman. Marie’s marriage was unhappy, but she was able to use the
media to bring attention to this country which had only recently gained
freedom from the Ottoman Empire. She wrote books and articles for the English
speaking world, and she mothered six children. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Queen of
Romania had become renown after World War I when she argued personally and
passionately at the peace talks in Paris for an increase to Romania’s territory
to include all areas where people spoke Romanian. She was successful in
expanding her country’s footprint by more than 60 percent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Chief
Usher at the White House remembered the October 19<sup>th</sup> visit this way:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Of course all eyes were on the Queen, especially during her
efforts to engage the President in conversation. In this she was not any more
successful than others who had tried it before. Before the dinner was over, the
Queen realized that most of the published reports of the President's
uncommunicative disposition were true. She also seemed to appreciate that the
President was paying more attention to the Princess than he was to her, for she
was heard to remark to the Princess, upon leaving the White House, that the
latter had made more impression during the evening than she had herself.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Source: Hoover, Irwin H.
(Ike). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">42 Years in the White House.</i>
Cambridge, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press,
1934, </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif";">Chapter
XVI, We Entertain Queen Marie.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span>Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-65573800736135365982013-10-07T00:30:00.000-04:002013-10-07T00:30:00.736-04:00Coolidge and Al Smith: After Retirement<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Even if opposing politicians do not forge a political bond,
they seem to have a personal bond – common stresses, family issues and
experiences. Coolidge and Al Smith lunching with their wives on Friday, July 16,
1926 at White Pine Camp at Paul Smiths in the Adirondacks is an
example. (See the last post.)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Coolidge was born on the fourth of July, 1872 just eighteen
months before Al Smith was born on </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dec. 30, 1873.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although nearly the
same age, they had different world views that was reflected in their political beliefs, since the president was born in a
small town in rural Vermont, and the governor was born on the teeming lower
east side of Manhattan. Coolidge was a lawyer who graduated from Amherst
College; Al Smith dropped out of school to help support his widowed mother and
siblings during the eighth grade. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Their political education was similar. They learned on the job holding many of the same offices. Coolidge was a City Councilor,
State Representative, Mayor, State Senator, Lt. Governor, Governor. Smith was </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sheriff, State Assemblyman, president
of the New York City Board of Aldermen, and four-term Governor.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After 1929, both Smith and Coolidge retired from public life,
and they worked together for philanthropic causes. In early
1931, Coolidge was appointed honorary chairman of the National Red Cross fundraising drive
to aid people suffering from the drought: Al Smith was one of four vice chairmen.
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Conrad Hubert, a Russian Jewish immigrant, was the founder of
the Ever Ready Company, which made flashlights and batteries. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">His will</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> bequeathed
about $8,000,000 to be administered jointly by a Protestant, a Catholic, and a
Jew and given to organizations that served the general public welfare. Coolidge and Smith were joined by Julius Rosenwald, an owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company as trustees of this estate.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Al Smith came to Northampton, Massachusetts for Coolidge’s
funeral in January 1933.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smith is quoted
as saying that Coolidge was </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">distinguished for character more than for
heroic achievement. His great task was to restore the dignity and prestige of
the Presidency when it had reached the lowest ebb in our history..." (1)<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(1).</span></i><em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span lang="EN">www.
WhiteHouse.gov from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” Copyright
2006 by the White House Historical Association.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-73570739088611055992013-09-02T00:30:00.000-04:002013-09-11T11:59:04.239-04:00Coolidge and Al Smith: Summer 1926<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Coolidge had opportunities to meet and work with Democratic
leaders during his lengthy career. Despite recent press coverage of President
Obama and Governor Christie, working with officials of the other party is not
new. The relationship between Calvin Coolidge and Alfred E. (Al) Smith, the
Democratic Governor of New York, was based more on the common experiences they
had in political life, and less or not at all on their political beliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The summer White House was in New York State’s Adirondack
region in 1926. Before the president left Washington, he received a welcoming
letter and a fishing license from Governor Smith who expressed interest in
greeting the president in person. By an exchange of letters between the
principals and later their staffs, the two men and their wives had lunch at
White Pine Camp in Paul Smiths, NY, the Coolidges’ headquarters, on Friday,
July 16<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The President had put the fishing license to good use, and
since the Smiths were Catholic, the main course was fish caught by
Coolidge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The President gave Smith a
three pound live pike which the governor held up for waiting photographers. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Smith had presidential ambitions and had run for his party’s
nomination in both 1920 and 1924. His chance was to come in 1928 when as the
Democratic nominee, he lost to Herbert Hoover. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smith’s Catholic faith was a deciding factor. However, in the summer of 1926, many people might have seen this lunch as a meeting of the two men who would head their party's ticket in 1928.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Calvin Coolidge and Al Smith had huge policy differences. For
example, Smith was a notorious ‘wet’ who seemed to not follow the spirit or the
letter of the prohibition laws. Coolidge followed the law by not serving
alcohol in the White House. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the Coolidge/Smith lunch was being arranged in writing, Coolidge comments about one of the common bonds:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“We are anticipating the change, as you
know from your own experience it is not possible to get a vacation.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sometimes an office holder of one party simply
does his job when an official of another party visits his state. Coolidge,
while Governor of Massachusetts, welcomed President Woodrow Wilson home, when
his ship docked in Boston after the WWI peace conference in Paris. Wilson was
promoting the League of Nations which was not supported by many Republicans.
Perhaps Smith too was just doing his job in the Adirondacks one day in the summer
of 1926.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em><strong>The Coolidge Museum has just opened a small exhibition titled, Across Party Lines: Coolidge and Al Smith.</strong></em></span>Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-8873724958803843082013-08-05T01:30:00.000-04:002013-08-05T01:30:00.112-04:00The Prince of Wales and Other Royal Visitors<br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In the 1920s, the President was expected to entertain on
a demanding schedule steeped in tradition. Royals and foreign heads of state
came to meet the President, even when the purpose of their trip took them
primarily to other parts of the country. When compared with the annual receptions
for the diplomatic corps, the Senate, the House and the Supreme Court when about 2000 guests were invited each time, the Coolidges’ parties for royalty were smaller
and more intimate. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Calvin and Grace’s most famous royal guest was the Prince
of Wales (later the Duke of Windsor) who spent less than two hours in the capital
for an informal reception on August 30, 1924, just after death of Calvin
Coolidge, Jr. According to a newspaper account, both the Prince and the
Coolidges were happy to keep the event low key. The Prince was often in the
popular press, a celebrity in his era. He was the great-grandson of Queen
Victoria, and later royal visitors were also descendants of the venerable
monarch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In 1926, the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden came to
the United States to promote their country’s interests. Prince Gustaf Adolph </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">became king in
1950 at age 67 and reigned until his death in 1973. His wife, Crown Princess
Louise was a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria, born Princess Louise of
Battenberg (now Mountbattan). She was Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh’s aunt.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">During a
trip across the country from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New York</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">San
Francisco</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> with a stop in Washington, D.C., public interest was
great, and the Swedish couple acquired a reputation for having the common touch.
On May 28, 1926, the President and First Lady entertained 52 people at an 8
p.m. dinner. The table was decorated with pink roses, snapdragons and
maidenhair fern. The White House staff kept good records of these details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Princess
expressed her strong ideas about the equality of women during the trip, because
of her experience as a nurse before her marriage and her work with the Red
Cross later. She and Grace Coolidge might have had an interesting chat.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Queen
of Romania and two of her children visited in the same year, 1926. Queen Marie
was a celebrity in the 1920s so her visit will be described in our next blog post. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-91621228117857169822013-07-01T01:38:00.000-04:002013-07-01T01:38:00.815-04:00Coolidge Commutes to Boston
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Have you ever
wondered how Coolidge, who didn’t drive, got to the State House to serve as a
state rep, state senator, lieutenant governor and governor? There was no
turnpike as we know it so one hundred years ago, he took the train.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When in
Boston, Coolidge and some of the other Western Mass legislators stayed at the
Adams House. The legislature was in formal session during the first half of the
year giving Coolidge a chance to continue his law practice and see his family
in Northampton summer and fall. This chart gives information on the sessions
during Coolidge’s time in the senate.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #244061; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 128;">Length of Massachusetts State Senate
Sessions- 1912-1915</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); border-style: solid none none solid; border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; height: 6.3pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.24%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;">
<b><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Year<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; height: 6.3pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;">
<b><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dates<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; height: 6.3pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;">
<b><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Total
Days<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; height: 6.3pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 15.38%;" valign="top" width="15%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;">
<b><span style="color: white; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Days
Sitting<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; height: 6pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.24%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span class="MsoSubtleEmphasis"><o:p><em><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></em></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; height: 6pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 15.38%;" valign="top" width="15%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; height: 12pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.24%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1912<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 12pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jan 3 – June 13<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 12pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">163<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; height: 12pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 15.38%;" valign="top" width="15%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">113<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; height: 12pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.24%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1913<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 12pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jan 1 – June 20 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 12pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">171<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; height: 12pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 15.38%;" valign="top" width="15%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">120<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 11.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; height: 11.6pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.24%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1914 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 11.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jan 7 – July 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 11.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">182<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; height: 11.6pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 15.38%;" valign="top" width="15%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">127<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; height: 6pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.24%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1915<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jan 6 – June 4<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">150<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; height: 6pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 15.38%;" valign="top" width="15%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">104<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); border-style: double none solid solid; border-width: 2.25pt 0px 1pt 1pt; height: 2pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.24%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 2;">
<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Average<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: double none solid; border-width: 2.25pt 0px 1pt; height: 2pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 2;">
<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: double none solid; border-width: 2.25pt 0px 1pt; height: 2pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 28.2%;" valign="top" width="28%">
<div class="DecimalAligned" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 2;">
<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">166.5<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Thomas. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Leading the Way, A History of the
Massachusetts General <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Court, 1629-1980</i><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-3433433818149770122013-06-03T01:33:00.000-04:002013-06-03T01:33:01.269-04:00Preparing for the Great War
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Calvin
Coolidge’s terms in the Massachusetts Senate coincided with the beginning of
World War I in Europe (1912 – 1915). The great debate about America’s role and
participation in the conflict began. The Massachusetts legislature appointed a
Committee to Study Preparedness in 1915. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hampshire Gazette</i> reported on a union
service at the Methodist Church marking a day of prayer for peace in its October
5, 1914 issue. Among State Senator Coolidge’s reported remarks were these:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Science,
while it makes men wiser, makes the instruments of destruction more deadly…
Therefore, it seems that the only hope for permanent peace is to be found in
the hearts of men.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-27544985584380509172013-05-09T11:31:00.000-04:002013-05-09T11:31:17.857-04:00A State Senator and His Committees
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">After
serving as mayor of Northampton in 1910 and 1911, Coolidge was elected to the
Massachusetts State Senate. He would serve four years before being elected
Lieutenant Governor and Governor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
1912, Coolidge was appointed to the Cities, Agriculture, and Legal Affairs Committees.
He chaired the last two. In the summer, he also led a special recess committee,
the Western Mass. Trolleys Committee. These appointments were good for a
freshman senator since they related to his background and experience. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He
had been the mayor of a small city and a lawyer so the first and third appointments
made sense. In Boston, Western Mass still means agriculture so this committee was
appropriate. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
1913, his committees changed completely to the Municipal Finance, Rules, and Railroads
Committees (chair). His assignments still seem to fit his background quite well.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">During
his last two years in the senate (1914-1915), he was its President, a position
of great influence, not least of which was the power to appoint members to committees.
The museum has a letter in its collection from Coolidge to a fellow Senator
asking his preferences for committee assignments.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Note:
The display at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum about his Senate
career has been refurbished recently so the next few posts will highlight some
of the new information. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></i><br />
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Susan Well, Genealogisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214078483849577720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-49779604129333735752013-01-04T15:38:00.003-05:002013-01-04T15:38:55.065-05:00Memorial tribute to Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge died at his home, "The Beeches" in Northampton on
January 5, 1933. Upon Coolidge's death, The Daily Hampshire Gazette
published this tribute to Coolidge from Henry P. Field on January 7,
1933. Calvin Coolidge studied law in the Office of Hammond &
Field 1895-1897. Henry P. Field, lawyer, Mayor of Northampton, Judge,
Forbes Library Trustee, was a great influence in Calvin's legal and
political career. <br />
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“This American nation and peoples
beyond our borders and across the seas will mourn his departure, but
here at home, his home and ours, his death comes as a grievous personal
loss. We all knew his fine character, his kindness and consideration
for others, his exceptional abilities, his genius for government, his
strong common sense, his keen sense of humor. We all knew that he had
the courage and perseverance of his Puritan ancestors and their firm and
abiding faith. And we also knew how unpretentious he was, how eager to
avoid all display. And yet this quiet, unostentatious friend and
fellow citizen of ours retired from the Presidency the most highly
esteemed and most popular man in all these United States, and in doing
so he was passed from this world into a better one. He filled all his
man public offices to the entire satisfaction of the people. They
trusted him. They felt that in his hands their government was safe.
His life has been of infinite value to this country and the nation knows
the seriousness of its loss. But to us at home the loss is more
intimate. In all the long history of this good city he was its most
distinguished citizen, and here in his home town he made life better and
finer for every one who came within his influence.”Julie Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517652889878160234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-24912893181583952132012-10-18T11:32:00.002-04:002012-10-18T11:32:29.216-04:00The President Meets the 1925 Senators<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The President Meets the 1925 Senators</div>
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By visiting the Coolidge Museum between now and May 2013,
you can see President Coolidge’s picture taken on the White House lawn with the
1925 Washington Senators - the baseball team, not the elected officials. The
picture is on display to honor a baseball team that is having a great season,
the Washington Nationals. They are still in the playoffs as I, a sad citizen of
Red Sox Nation, write this blog.</div>
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The team photo is part of our new exhibit in the rotating
display case titled, ‘…request the honor of your company.’ Famous people are
invited to the White House, and we have found pictures of some interesting
characters. Some names you will recognize, and some you will not. The concept
of everyone having their fifteen minutes of fame is not a new one and certainly
applies to a few of the people on display here. </div>
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The baseball picture is challenging. One surprise is that
the biggest baseball fan in the Coolidge family, the President’s wife, Grace,
is not there. You can see her pass to any American League stadium, if you visit
the Coolidge Museum. </div>
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All of the men in the photo are numbered and their names
listed at the side. Unfortunately, only last names are used. The man standing
next to Coolidge has both first and last names listed. I had a Dad who was a
big baseball fan so I knew right away that ‘Bucky Harris’ sounded familiar.</div>
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Harris joined the Senators for the 1919 season as an
infielder who mostly played second base. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall
of Fame in 1975 as a manager. Here is his bio from the Hall’s website <a href="http://www.baseballhall.org/hof/harris-bucky">www.baseballhall.org/hof/harris-bucky</a>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bucky Harris spent seven different decades in the majors
as a player, manager, executive, and scout. The Boy Wonder was 27 when he took
over as player-manager of the Washington Senators in 1924, promptly winning two
flags in a row. He hit .333 with two home runs to lead the Senators to a World
Series title in 1924. Harris also managed the Tigers, the Red Sox and the
Phillies, and led the Yankees to a World Championship in 1947. He won 2,159
games in 29 years as a manager.</span></div>
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You may have seen team photos before, but ours is unique in that the players are wearing suits and not uniforms. </div>
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Post by Susan Well </div>
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-87040017911564020722012-10-04T17:00:00.002-04:002012-10-11T14:25:08.005-04:00General Pershing and President Coolidge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two powerful men of the early twentieth century met and interacted. General of the Armies John Joseph ‘Black Jack’ Pershing, (1860-1948) and President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933).<br />
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Pershing, the most illustrious military man of his times, led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. His career began at West Point and continued in a cavalry unit in the West. After law school at the University of Nebraska, he commanded an African-American cavalry regiment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Service in the Philippines followed. During World War I:
“First, Pershing had to build an army almost from scratch, organizing, training, and supplying an inexperienced force that eventually numbered two million. Then, he had to fight a war on two fronts: one against the Germans, the other against his Allies, who sought to fill their depleted ranks with his fresh troops. But after months of reinforcing the British and French, Pershing's Army started operating on its own in the summer of 1918, and played a decisive role in defeating the Germans that fall.” (For more information see: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents">www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents</a>).<br />
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In circumstances that might have changed history, Pershing’s name was floated for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1920, but did not progress very far as he refused to campaign. In a newspaper Story, he said that he "wouldn't decline to serve" if the people wanted him. Instead Warren G. Harding was elected President with Calvin Coolidge as his Vice President.
Coolidge and Pershing had a meeting in Boston in February 1920 while Coolidge was governor. Between 1921 and 1924, Pershing was Chief of Staff of the United States Army. .<br />
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On November 1, 1921, Pershing and Vice President Coolidge were in Kansas City, Missouri at the groundbreaking ceremony for a large World War I monument, the Liberty Memorial. On that day, more than 100,000 people assembled to hear the supreme Allied commanders, who were together for the only times in their lives:
General John J. Pershing of the United States
Lieutenant General Baron Jacques of Belgium
General Armando Diaz of Italy
Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France
Admiral David Beatty of Great Britain.<br />
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Three years later, the Liberty Memorial was completed, and President Calvin Coolidge delivered the dedication speech to an even larger crowd. He said “the magnitude of this memorial, and the broad base of popular support on which it rests, can scarcely fail to excite national wonder and admiration.” The monument’s companion museum was designated by Congress as the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in 2004. For more information on the Liberty Memorial see <a href="http://www.theworldwar.org/">www.theworldwar.org</a>.<br />
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The General appears on a guest list for a White House Garden Party in May 1924. On his 64th birthday in September 1924, Pershing retired from active military service as required by army regulations.Tragedy affected both men’s lives. Pershing’s wife and three daughters had perished in a fire at the Presidio, San Francisco in 1915. His son survived. Many said that the general was never the same after that disaster. In the early summer of 1924, Coolidge’s son, Calvin Coolidge, Jr., age 16 died from blood poisoning from blisters received playing tennis. Some thought the President was never same. Coolidge wrote of his son's death in his Autobiography that “When he went the power and glory of the Presidency went with him. The ways of Providence are often beyond our understanding…I do not know why such a price was exacted for occupying the White House.” .<br />
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Sources: The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial <a href="http://www.theworldwar.org/">www.theworldwar.org</a>
Coolidge, Calvin.<i> The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge</i>. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929..<br />
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Post researched and written by Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum Volunteer Susan Well
Julie Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517652889878160234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-81797308966457505612012-09-15T09:08:00.001-04:002012-09-15T09:08:24.376-04:00A Conservative Teacher: Calvin Coolidge, One of the Best Presidents?<a href="http://aconservativeteacher.blogspot.com/2011/11/calvin-coolidge-one-of-best-presidents.html">A Conservative Teacher: Calvin Coolidge, One of the Best Presidents?</a><br />
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Enjoyed your post on my man, Coolidge. (One of my men.) I perform solo history and have been presenting Calvin Coolidge: More Than Two Words since 1985. You might like to read some of what I've posted on my blog at: www.crankyyankees.net<br />
See "Jim's blog"Jim Cookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751622155418531199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-77270836053261434412011-12-25T13:56:00.000-05:002011-12-25T13:56:00.788-05:00Christmas Day<blockquote>Christmas represents love and mercy. It was ushered in by the star of hope and remains forever consecrated by the sacrifice of the cross. Christmas holds its place in the hearts of men because they know that love is the greatest thing in the world. Christmas is celebrated in its true spirit only by those who make some sacrifice for the benefit of their fellow men.</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Newspaper column, December 25, 1930</span>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-30027511441548078252011-11-24T14:18:00.000-05:002011-11-24T14:18:00.650-05:00Thanksgiving<blockquote>The little band of Pilgrims who first established this institution on the shore by Plymouth Rock had no doubts. If their little colony of devoted souls, when exiled to a foreign wilderness by persecution, cut in half by disease, surrounded by hostility and threatened with famine, could give thanks, how much more should this great nation, less deserving than the Pilgrims yet abounding in freedom, peace, security and plenty, now have the faith to return thanks to the author of all good and perfect gifts.</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">From "Calvin Coolidge Says", November 28, 1930.</span>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-61784816752616317162011-11-11T14:10:00.000-05:002011-11-11T14:10:01.177-05:00Veteran's Day<blockquote>What the veterans gave cannot be measured in money. It was priceless.</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">From "Calvin Coolidge Says", January 28, 1931</span>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-1014222708902336132011-11-10T14:24:00.000-05:002011-11-10T14:24:00.955-05:00Silent Cal<blockquote>A wise old owl lived in an oak.<br />The more he saw the less he spoke.<br />The less he spoke the more he heard;<br />Why can't we be like that old bird?<br /></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Over the fireplace in Coolidge's home at Northampton, Massachusetts</span>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-87970569766921771842011-10-15T14:04:00.000-04:002011-10-15T14:04:00.580-04:00Past and Future<blockquote>We review the past not in order that we may return to it but that we find in what direction, straight and clear, it points to the future.</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Address as vice president, Burlington, Vermont, June 12, 1923</span>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-58110849966815619492011-10-10T14:21:00.000-04:002011-10-10T14:21:00.292-04:00Columbus Day<blockquote>Measured by its effect on all following history, the voyage of Columbus, ending in the discovery of a new hemisphere, was an achievement of the first magnitude. Possibly others preceded him, but he was the first who made known the existence of America to European civilization.</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">From "Calvin Coolidge Says", October 11, 1930</span>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-40765399374940541462011-10-02T14:01:00.001-04:002011-10-02T14:01:00.185-04:00Election Day<blockquote>Elections are the most serious business in which our citizens engage. On their results depends not only the welfare of the people but the demonstration of their ability to govern themselves with safety and justice to each other. The greatest peace-time test of the moral power of a people is the ability to cast a disinterested, unselfish and patriotic vote. At the present time the country needs the most conscientious thought it can give in choosing officers. Only such decision is worthy of a free people.</blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">from "Calvin Coolidge Says", September 29, 1930</span>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-35392700572572442682011-09-20T13:40:00.006-04:002011-09-20T14:12:10.939-04:00Frank Ashford<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBnMFn8yaqdyr9K3ygKDtmAlHV8qv9sp4M4UbzRJvKFiL1nKLaqH1f-wIskiTUdaAojJwf22TD0x6KpONHWurIjxUr0NwSTzJLqeQpcL07LBj4kLM7zFSfYbg3cNU0CYCrQfyF9xTFI1H/s1600/ART010.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 285px;" 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It was here that he received a Native-American warrior’s headdress now displayed at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum (CCPLM). Coolidge was president in 1924 when citizenship was granted to all of the native population. A local Boy Scout troop presented him</p><p class="MsoNormal"> with a cowboy outfit complete with hat and chaps. In early August, the president delivered his famous one line news release that startled the nation by saying, “I do not choose to run for president in 1928.” <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Lesser known today is that Frank Clifford Ashford painted two portraits of President Coolidge and two portraits of Grace Coolidge that summer at the State Lodge in Custer State Park where they resided.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Two of the artworks hang at the CCPLM, one of the president in the Native-American headdress and the other, a profile of the first lady in a red dress. The other two works remain hanging at the lodge where they were originally painted. In those, the couple is in more formal dress.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Ashford, born in Iowa, worked as a farm hand on his father’s farm in Rondell, Brown County, SD as late as 1900. During the next three decades, he worked as an artist in Paris and New York where he studied, exhibited and is known to have painted landscapes as well as portraits. <span style="color:black;">In New York, he was a student of William Merritt Chase. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> After Ashford’s works were exhibited in the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Francais in 1912, and both<span style="color:black;"> at the Chicago Art Institute and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in 1913, he showed a painting titled "Marjorie" at the National Academy of Design in 1920.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The latter may have been a portrait of his wife, Marjorie Rickel, whom he married in South Dakota in 1918 and divorced by the time of the US Census in 1930.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> From 1930 until his death in 1960, he resided and worked primarily in South Dakota.</span></p>Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000478730342084618.post-76247060970586244262011-05-16T19:25:00.001-04:002011-05-16T19:22:23.658-04:00Congratulations to Class of 2011!Congratulations to the Class of 2011!<br /><br />"This month will turn out into the world many thousands of young men and young women with college diplomas... They could not have been graduated without subjecting themselves to a great deal of severe mental discipline... One great of a college education is a better appreciation of the real values of life."<br /><br />From "Calvin Coolidge Says" a syndicated newspaper column June 6, 1931<br /><br />The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum employs work-study students from nearby Smith College. Congratulations to our graduates Veronica Tjioe who worked here 5 semesters and Beans Velocci who worked here 3 semesters! These amazing future historians, along with Sophie Glidden-Lyon '12 (who will return in the Fall for her 7th and final semester here) have been the behind the scenes magic that assist the one paid staff with research, creating exhibits, processing, re-housing, indexing, scanning, adding to the collections database and more!Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674405524709746634noreply@blogger.com0