Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929Macmillan, 2006 M12 26 - 224 pages The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership |
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... senate as president of the body — advice he heeded himself . As president , he would prove a welcome contrast to his bombastic predecessor , Harding , whose typical speech the Democratic politician William McAdoo described as " an army ...
... Senate , " he made no friends among the Senators , " wrote Oswald Garrison Villard in the Nation , " and ate his lunch from a tin box in a corner of a committee room . ” Even in lighter moments , Coolidge remained poker - faced . “ He ...
... undertaker " : he served as selectman , school commissioner , tax collector , constable , deputy sheriff , and eventually state representative and state senator.3 Calvin revered his father and imbibed his sense of duty. 16 GREENBERG DAVID.
... senate and within two years became president of the body -- and a power in state politics . Coolidge's ascent baffled those observers who found it hard to see past the vapors of ordinariness he exuded . During his presi- dency , critics ...
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Contents
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2 On the Brink | 27 |
3 The New President | 43 |
4 Hitting His Stride | 55 |
5 The Coolidge Prosperity | 67 |
6 Controversies | 81 |
7 Getting Elected | 91 |
9 High Tide of Republicanism | 125 |
10 A Contested Legacy | 141 |
Notes | 161 |
Milestones | 179 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Acknowledgments | 189 |
Index | 191 |
8 Beyond Americas Shores | 109 |
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Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929 David Greenberg No preview available - 2007 |
Calvin Coolidge: The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929 David Greenberg No preview available - 2007 |