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'''Calvin Coolidge''' (born '''John Calvin Coolidge Jr.'''; July 4, 1872 &ndash; January 5, 1933) was the 30th [[president of the United States]] between 1923 and 1929. He was a [[Conservatives in the United States|conservative]] who supported business and lower taxes.<ref name=":0" />

'''Calvin Coolidge''' (born '''John Calvin Coolidge Jr.'''; July 4, 1872 &ndash; January 5, 1933) was the 30th [[president of the United States]] between 1923 and 1929. He was a [[Conservatives in the United States|conservative]] who supported business and lower taxes.<ref name=":0" />

== 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: 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>

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|archive-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610092702/http://www.historyrocket.com/American-History/political-history/calvin-coolidge/Interesting-Facts-About-Calvin-Coolidge.html|url-status=dead}}</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>

== Political career ==

== Political career ==

Coolidge served as the Mayor of [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]. He later served as the [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. As governor, he became famous because of his response during the Boston Police Strike. Coolidge fired the police who went on strike and gave the jobs to unemployed World War 1 veterans (he gave the same bonuses that the striking policemen asked for to the veterans).

Coolidge served as the Mayor of [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]. He later served as the [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. As governor, he became famous because of his response during the Boston Police Strike. Coolidge fired the police who went on strike and gave the jobs to unemployed World War 1 veterans (he gave the same bonuses that the striking policemen asked for to the veterans).

== Calvin Coolidge Media ==

== Calvin Coolidge Media ==

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File:Prof. Charles E. Garman - Amherst College.jpg|Professor [[Charles Edward Garman]]

File:PlymouthVT CalvinCoolidgeHouse.jpg|The [[Coolidge Homestead]] in [[Plymouth Notch, Vermont]]

File:Grace Coolidge.jpg|half-length portrait, standing next to a flower vase

File:CoolidgeAmherst.png|Coolidge as an [[Amherst College]] undergraduate

File:1908 Calvin Coolidge Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Coolidge as a State Representative in 1908

File:Coolidge family LCCN2014716433.jpg|Coolidge with his family, {{Circa|1915}}

File:CC19-21Masasoit.JPG|Coolidge's home (1906−1930) in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]

File:1908 Calvin Coolidge Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Coolidge as a state representative in 1908

 

File:Coolidge family LCCN2014716433.jpg|Coolidge with his family ({{Circa|1915}})

File:Coolidge inspects militia.jpg|Coolidge inspects militia in Boston police strike

File:Coolidge inspects militia.jpg|Coolidge inspects militia in Boston police strike

File:HardingCoolidge.jpg|President Harding and Vice President Coolidge with their wives

File:HardingCoolidge.jpg|President Harding and Vice President Coolidge with their wives

File:CalvinCoolidgeimmigration3.jpg|President Coolidge signing appropriation bills for the Veterans Bureau on the South Lawn during the garden party for wounded veterans, June 5, 1924. General [[John J. Pershing]] is at left. The man at right, looking on, appears to be Veterans Bureau Director [[Frank T. Hines]].

File:CalvinCoolidgeimmigration3.jpg|President Coolidge signing appropriation bills for the Veterans Bureau, June 1924

File:ElectoralCollege1924.svg|1924 electoral vote results

File:ElectoralCollege1924.svg|1924 electoral vote results

File:Calvin Coolidge video montage.ogg|Collection of video clips of President Coolidge

File:Calvin Coolidge video montage.ogg|Collection of video clips of President Coolidge

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