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Essay Galaxy - Silent Cal: An American President
Silent Cal: An American President
Fun Fact: Calvin Coolidge, a president of few words, was so famous for
saying so little that a White House dinner guest made a bet that she could
get the president to say more than two words. She told the president of her
At 2:30 on the morning of August 3, 1923, while visiting in Vermont, Calvin
Coolidge received word that he was President. By the light of a kerosene
lamp, his father, who was a notary public, administered the oath of office
as Coolidge placed his hand on the family Bible.
Coolidge was "distinguished for character more than for heroic
achievement," wrote a Democratic admirer, Alfred E. Smith. "His great task
was to restore the dignity and prestige of the Presidency when it had
reached the lowest ebb in our history ... in a time of extravagance and
waste...."
Born in Plymouth, Verm....
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