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<ref name=":0" />'''Calvin Coolidge''' (born '''John Calvin Coolidge Jr.'''; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the [[President (United States)|President of the United States]] between 1923 and 1929. He was a [[Conservatives in the United States|conservative]] who supported business and lower taxes.
'''Calvin Coolidge''' (born '''John Calvin Coolidge Jr.'''; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the [[President (United States)|President of the United States]] between 1923 and 1929. He was a [[Conservatives in the United States|conservative]] who supported business and lower taxes.
== Family life ==
== Family life ==
He was the only President of the United States to be born on July 4.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyrocket.com/American-History/political-history/calvin-coolidge/Interesting-Facts-About-Calvin-Coolidge.html|title=Interesting Facts About Calvin Coolidge|publisher=History Rocket.com|accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref> He was married to [[Grace Coolidge]] and had 2 children:
He was the only President of the United States to be born on July 4.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyrocket.com/American-History/political-history/calvin-coolidge/Interesting-Facts-About-Calvin-Coolidge.html|title=Interesting Facts About Calvin Coolidge|publisher=History Rocket.com|accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref> He was married to [[Grace Coolidge]] and had 2 children: John Calvin Coolidge III (born September 6, 1906 - died May 31, 2000) and John [[John Calvin Coolidge IV|Calvin Jr.]] (born April 13, 1908 - died July 7, 1924). His younger son John Calvin Coolidge IV died at 16 while playing tennis at the [[White House]]. His son was wearing tennis shoes without socks and died from a toe infection. He was buried at the foot of Hill Cemetery. After this, President Coolidge may have been [[Depression (mental illness)|depressed]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beatty|first=Jack|date=2003-12-31|title=President Coolidge's Burden|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/12/president-coolidges-burden/303175/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref>
John Calvin Coolidge III (born September 6, 1906 - died May 31, 2000) and John [[John Calvin Coolidge IV|Calvin Jr.]] (born April 13, 1908 - died July 7, 1924). His younger son John Calvin Coolidge IV died at 16 while playing tennis at the [[White House]]. His son was wearing tennis shoes without socks and died from a toe infection. He was buried at the foot of Hill Cemetery. After this, President Coolidge may have been [[Depression (mental illness)|depressed]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beatty|first=Jack|date=2003-12-31|title=President Coolidge's Burden|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/12/president-coolidges-burden/303175/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Political career ==
== Political career ==
Coolidge was president during a prosperous economy and the country did not face many challenges. He believed that the federal government should be as small as possible. He supported tax cuts and wanted the federal government to keep its hands off the economy. Some think this is linked to the [[Great Depression]].
Coolidge was president during a prosperous economy and the country did not face many challenges. He believed that the federal government should be as small as possible. He supported tax cuts and wanted the federal government to keep its hands off the economy. Some think this is linked to the [[Great Depression]].
Coolidge was criticized for refusing to give [[subsidies]] to farmers and when a giant flood happened in Mississippi during 1927, he did not want the federal government to be involved. This was part of his belief of [[federalism]], that the country's problems should be solved mainly by state governments and local governments rather than the federal government.
Coolidge was criticized for refusing to give [[subsidy|subsidies]] to farmers and when a giant flood happened in Mississippi during 1927, he did not want the federal government to be involved. This was part of his belief of [[federalism]], that the country's problems should be solved mainly by state governments and local governments rather than the federal government.
He surprised many people by choosing not to run for re-election during 1928.
He did not run for re-election in 1928.
The legacy of Calvin Coolidge is mixed. People who support more federal government involvement in the economy do not like him. People who support less federal government involvement in the economy like him.
The legacy of Calvin Coolidge is mixed. People who support more federal government involvement in the economy do not like him. People who support less federal government involvement in the economy like him.