President John Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge, II

Birth	07/04/1872
Educ.
Occup	1907-1908
Occup	1910-1911		Northampton Mayor
Occup	1912-1915
Occup	1916-1919
Occup	1919-1921
Election	1920		USA Presidential Election
Occup	1921-1923
Occup	1923-1929
Election	1924		USA Presidential Election
Reside	1927
Death	01/05/1933		Cause: coronary thrombosis
Grave

Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont, of a family of very moderate means. They were of old Yankee stock and were members the Congregational Church. Dr. Bonnell seizes upon three incidents m Coolidge’s life to give evidence of the religion of this man. (He is very effusive about the religious nature of Coolidge and Hoover also.)

When was a boy his mother died. There is a scene of the family gathered around the bed in prayer. To Dr. Bonnell this is of great significance. Coolidge read the Bible regularly to his grandfather. The grandfather's favorite Book was the Gospel According to John. When his father administered the oath of office to him, Coolidge opened the Bible to the Book of John, placed his hand on it, and took the oath. While... Read More