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Contents 1 reaction 2 did he have Indian blood? 3 Photo Correct ,but discription wrong 4 Noted Quotes 5 Notes 6 "Cool Cal" mnemonic? 7 Favorite 8 Carlos Coolidge 9 Peer review 10 March 4, 1929 11 Question from a Brit 12 HEY This NUTS! 13 August 2nd EST or August 3rd PST, 1923 14 Vandalism

[edit] reaction

I took out "...After that, Coolidge became withdrawn and mute. Before he had been a relatively active, talkative,

While Coolidge was deeply saddened by his youngest son's death, he certainly did not become mute ("When he went the power and the glory of the Presidency went with him."). He was never known to be talkative, even before Calvin,Jr's death.

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Does anybody know why the English version (as well as other Western language versions) messed up the Chinese link? (Japanese and Chinese versions are fine) -- Jackcsk 04:32, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] did he have Indian blood?

this site claims he had Indian blood

He said that he did, and his biographers seem to agree. See Calvin Coolidge, The Man from Vermont, by Claude Fuess. Kylesammin 02:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Photo Correct ,but discription wrong

In the Photo of Calvin & Grace Coolidge accompanied by Charles Curtis (Senator from Kansas), on their way to the 1925 Inauguration Ceromony. Curtis is has been referred to as Vice-President-Elect. This is WRONG, in the 1925 Inagural. President Coolidge is sworn in for his Full Term as President, Charles G.Dawes is the Vice-President-Elect, Dawes is sworn in as Vice-President. Charles Curtis won't become Vice-President until the 1929 Inauguration , when Herbert C.Hoover becomes President.

http://www.calvin-coolidge.org/pages/education/facts.html

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Where is his Cabinet? Someone deleted it.

[edit] Noted Quotes

Just to point out, the quote on persistence was repeated twice, once near the top and again at the bottom. I removed the second incarnation. Also, I just find it intertesting to see that the quote regarding "You lose" has been changed to "Poppa wins." Everywhere I've looked, including Wikiquotes, has the quote as "You lose." The Whitehouse biography has this as well. Is there another reputable source that justifies this change? --Az 19:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

The change was made by an anon whose only edits are two to this page to change the quote. I'm guessing vandalism. I'll fix it. Hbackman 22:37, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Thought that might be the case, but wasn't sure enough to change it myself. If that really is true, though I've always heard it the other way, someone will show up to fix it for us.--Az 02:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I rm the fol quote: "I am a very important man and I was reelected in spite of what nay-sayers noted, take that!" I can't find this anywhere on the Net; if it is actually a noted quote, we should say noted by whom. Not that the Net is the be all and end all of info; however, there should be at least a mention of it somewhere, as it seem sto be very uncharacteristicof Mr Coolidge. As well, it was added in by a user whose only other edit was a pointless POV insert at Zimbabwe to the effect of "they never should have kicked all the Europeans out", all in caps.

I'd really like to see some citation for this quote. It only appears here and in towo other online "encyclopedias" which use Wikipedia as source. SigPig 10:23, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notes

Hmm, I'm not so sure about the link "Silent Cal" in the notes section. Is linking to a site that's selling a term paper on the topic really a good idea? Shouldn't this be a more authoritative source instead? I'll look for something of the sort, but I'd love to hear other people's opinions on this.--Az 21:03, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

How about this? --David Harville 15:19, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Cool Cal" mnemonic?

What is this "Cool Cal" mnemonic the article talks about? It should be explained in the text (and I can't find anything on Google). SigPig 00:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Funny, I was going to ask the same thing, but saw your question here, with no answer. A nickname, probably. Alliteration, certainly. But a mnemomic? Doubt it. I'll change it, and if anyone reverts it, then can that person please add justification as to why it is a mnemomic?StephenBuxton 22:40, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Favorite

This may sound odd, but Cal has always been my favorite president. I think his ideas were brilliant. andrew... 04:11, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carlos Coolidge

Could someone confirm that Carlos Coolidge was a relative of Calvin Coolidge?--Rayc 04:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• see http://www.vt-world.com/Archive/2003/December_24_2003/Features.htm - origin of the claim on Carlos' page. I too would like to see a more definitive source though. Mickmaguire 16:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

The Journal of American History published in June 2006 an article here, which points out that: "This waffling—encouraged by the npov policy—means that it is hard to discern any overall interpretive stance in Wikipedia history. One might expect—given the Randian politics of the founders and the strength of libertarian sentiments in cyberspace—a libertarian or conservative slant. But I did not find it. One can see occasional glimmers, as in the biography of Calvin Coolidge that says with apparent approval, “Coolidge was the last President of the United States who did not attempt to intervene in free markets, letting business cycles run their course.” This sentence was inserted early on by an avowed libertarian and it has survived dozens of subsequent edits." It seems this sentence has been correctly removed. Tazmaniacs 17:29, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March 4, 1929

General sources:

• From the Senate Report on Presidential terms: From 1789 through 1937, presidential and vice presidential terms ended on March 4 of every year following a presidential election, a date set by the Second Congress.
• From Hind's House Precedents §6694-8. §6725 ftnote: On the 3d of March, 1851, Mr. Stephens offered a resolution to test this question, and on the ruling of Speaker Cobb it was decided that the Congress expired at noon on the 4th of March; which ruling has been in effect ever since. (6697)

Coolidge arose at 7:00 AM March 4, 1929, and (after breakfast, and a complaint that it always rained when moved) "went to his desk and signed more bills" (Richard Sobel: Coolidge: An American enigma. p, 402.) Septentrionalis 19:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question from a Brit

What does running for the presidency as a 'favourite son' mean? Martyn Smith 14:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC) I'm sorry if I screwed up the format of this page, but I had to remove the vandalism that said Coolidge is a cocksucker. Coolidhe was a great man.

at the presidential nominating convention, in the old days a state delegation would often cast their votes for a prominent person from that state--the "favorite son"--as an honor. Then on 2nd ballot switch to real candidate.Rjensen 08:07, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HEY This NUTS!

Vandalism is back. Someone should go through this article and make sure that nothing else is changed. Also this page should probably be locked.

[edit] August 2nd EST or August 3rd PST, 1923

When President Harding died (Before Mid-night, Aug.2, 1923) in Los Angeles (PST), Vice President Calvin Coolidge became President. However, Coolidge was in (at the momment of Harding's death) Vermont (past mid-night, wee early morning of Aug. 3 EST). Should we list Coolidge as becoming President on August 3rd? How should this be listed? GoodDay 00:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

1928 Election: "He did not seek I LOVE JOEY renomination" I don't know if this should be "republican renomination" or if it it just "renomination" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.189.197.44 (talk) 22:32, 27 January 2007 (UTC).

Hit the "history" tab up top and you get a log of all the edits to the article. You can use the "compare versions" feature to see what exactly was done each time. Someone has already fixed the vandalism you noticed. Thanks for paying attention. Mrees1997 22:38, 27 January 2007 (UTC)