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Transcripts of about one-sixth of Coolidge’s press conferences are compiled by topic in Howard H. Quint and Robert H. Ferrell (eds.), The Talkative President: The Off-the-Record Press Conferences of Calvin Coolidge (1964, reprinted 1979). Biographies include Amity Shlaes, Coolidge (2013); David Greenberg Calvin Coolidge (2006); William Allen White, A Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge (1938, reissued 1986); Claude M. Fuess, Calvin Coolidge, the Man from Vermont (1940, reissued 1976); Donald R. McCoy, Calvin Coolidge: The Quiet President (1967, reprinted 1988); Hendrik Booraem V, The Provincial: Calvin Coolidge and His World, 1885–1895 (1994), which deals with Coolidge’s youth; and Robert Sobel, Coolidge: An American Enigma (1998). Robert K. Murray, The Politics of Normalcy: Governmental Theory and Practice in the Harding-Coolidge Era (1973), discusses the Coolidge administration, though not as extensively as that of Harding; Robert H. Ferrell, The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge (1998), emphasizes the principles behind his actions; and Charles C. Johnson, Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America’s Most Underrated President (2013), stresses Coolidge’s belief in limited government and shows him to have been a prolific writer. A biographical treatment of Grace Goodhue Coolidge is found in Ishbel Ross, Grace Coolidge and Her Era: The Story of a President’s Wife (1962, reprinted 1988).

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Modified link of Web site: Library of Congress - John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Aug 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 30, 2026
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The presidency of Calvin Coolidge. Jun 30, 2026
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - “Silent Cal” Coolidge. May 18, 2026
Add new Web site: Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation - About Coolidge. Apr 09, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Legends of America - Calvin Coolidge – 30th President. Dec 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Free Speach Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Calvin Coolidge. Apr 14, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - Coolidge: Rediscovering an American President. Feb 03, 2025
Add new Web site: The Coolidge Scholarship - About Calvin Coolidge. Dec 19, 2024
Media added. Aug 20, 2024
Added an interactive timeline of the Coolidge presidency. Aug 05, 2024
Add new Web site: The Heritage Foundation - Calvin Coolidge: Forefather of Our Conservatism. May 28, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 23, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Nov 15, 2023
Media added. Oct 09, 2023
Links added. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The presidency of Calvin Coolidge. Aug 08, 2023
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Calvin Coolidge. Apr 28, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Calvin Coolidge. Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: White House Historical Association - The Life and Presidency of Calvin Coolidge. Nov 10, 2022
Add new Web site: Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia - Miller Center - Calvin Coolidge. Aug 26, 2022
Removed cross-reference and tables. Apr 17, 2020
Added a characterization of Coolidge's first inaugural address. Nov 20, 2019
Cross-references added. Sep 13, 2017
Added cross-references. Feb 09, 2017
Bibliography revised. Feb 09, 2017
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Jan 17, 2017
Add new Web site: USA 4 Kids - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Aug 25, 2014
Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Biography of Calvin Coolidge the 30th President of US. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: National Archives - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: United States Senate - Calvin Coolidge, 29th Vice President (1921-1923). Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Miller Center - Calvin Coolidge. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Jan 03, 2014
Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Apr 24, 2013
Added timeline. Apr 20, 2011
Added photograph. Apr 06, 2011
Media added. Aug 26, 2010
Article revised and updated. Aug 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Feb 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Vermont State Historic Sites - President Calvin Coolidge State. Jan 25, 2007
Added new Web site: Vermont State Historic Sites - President Calvin Coolidge State. Jan 25, 2007
Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of Calvin Coolidge. Nov 03, 2006
Added new Web site: The Library of Congress - Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929. Oct 11, 2006
Added new Web site: AmericanPresident.org - Calvin Coolidge - A Life in Brief. Jun 21, 2006
Article revised. May 28, 2004
Article revised. Dec 11, 2002
Article revised. Feb 10, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 28, 1999
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