Calvin Galusha Coolidge

Calvin Galusha Coolidge (September 22, 1815 – December 15, 1878) was an American farmer and politician.

Background

Born in Plymouth, Vermont, Coolidge was a farmer. He served in local government as a justice of the peace, constable, and selectman. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1860 and 1861. He was the father of John C. Coolidge, who also served in the Vermont General Assembly, and the grandfather of President Calvin Coolidge. He died in Plymouth, Vermont.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Notes

↑ 'The New England Historical and Genealogical Registers, volumes 76-77, New England Historic Genealogical Society: 1922, Biographical Sketch of Calvin Galusha Coolidge, pg. 303
↑ The Coolidge Homestead-The Shed-President Calvin Coolidge
↑ Coolidge Family Papers 1802-1932-Vermont Historical Society

Calvin Coolidge

30th President of the United States (1923–1929) 29th Vice President of the United States (1921–1923) 48th Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) 46th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916-1919)

Life	Birth and family history Boyhood home and first inauguration site gravesite Calvin Coolidge House Early career and marriage Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Massachusetts Boston Police Strike (1919) Vice Presidency Retirement and death Presidential Library and Museum

Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Industry and trade Taxation (Revenue Act of 1924, Revenue Act of 1926, Revenue Act of 1928) Allegheny National Forest Civil rights (Indian Citizenship Act of 1924) Immigration Act of 1924 World War Adjusted Compensation Act (1924) Farm subsidies (McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill) Judiciary Act of 1925 Flood control (Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, Flood Control Act of 1928) State of the Union Addresses (1926 1927) "I do not choose to run" (1927) Brave Little State of Vermont speech (1928) Foreign policy (Banana Wars, United States occupation of Nicaragua (1912-1933), United States occupation of Haiti (1915-1934), United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1924), Washington Naval Treaty (1922), Kellogg–Briand Pact (1928)) Cabinet Judicial appointments

Elections	1920 Republican National Convention United States presidential election, 1920 1924 Republican National Convention United States presidential election, 1924

Books	The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929)

Public image	Sesquicentennial half dollar Depicted on U.S. postage stamps Coolidge effect SS President Coolidge

Family	Grace Coolidge (wife) John Coolidge (son) John Calvin Coolidge, Sr. (father) Calvin Galusha Coolidge (grandfather) Arthur Brown, Olympia Brown, Charles A. Coolidge (cousins) Marcus A. Coolidge, Arthur W. Coolidge, Martha Coolidge (distant relations) Edmund Rice (ancestor) Rob Roy (family dog)

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