As one might guess from his nickname alone, even without knowing details of his presidency, Calvin Coolidge, "Silent Cal,” ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calvin Coolidge was in bed, asleep, when he became president of the United States 100 years ago next week. He was visiting the simple homestead where he had been reared in Plymouth Notch, Vermont: a ...

Rebecca the raccoon was the mischievous pet of former president Calvin Coolidge. A century before a Seattle raccoon with an ...

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 ...