[JoeProBono]

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His actions during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight. Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative.

[Raider Sam]

I wish Obama would take a cue from Coolidge and just shut up for a few days.

[Fiji Hill]

His home in Plymouth Notch, Vt. is worth a visit. Here, one can see where he took the oath of office as president, administered by his father, a notary public. The tiny community has changed little since Coolidge’s day.

[Brilliant]

Put a cowboy hat on him in that photo, and you’d swear he’s GWB.

[KevinDavis]

I wished he did more to stop the nomination of Herbert Hoover....

[Qbert]

In a sane world, he would be considered one of the best presidents in US history.

[Jeff F]

The highly gregarious Dorothy Parker was seated next to “silent Cal” at a dinner. She said to him, “Mr. Coolidge, I’ve made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you.” He replied: “You lose.”

[Jeff F]

President Coolidge autographing a sap bucket (scanned from my original photo).

From left to right: Harvey Firestone, President Calvin Coolidge, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Russell Firestone, Mrs. Grace Coolidge, John Coolidge at the Coolidge Homestead in Plymouth, Vermont, August 19, 1924.

[Hexenhammer]

He’s been a personal inspiration of mine when, as a child, I read a book about him. He was the last president who truly understood what the founding fathers intended. That he is so utterly reviled by liberals (especially those trapped in their ivory towers of academia) shows just how good a man and president he was. Their hatred can be no higher badge of honor of the justness of his actions and his ethic.

Hard work, personal responsibility, thrift, whit, intelligence, respect for the rights of man.

[Interesting Times]

Coolidge was a role model for Ronald Reagan. He would have been pleased by that.

[Theodore R.]

Also Jesse Helms, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison died on July 4.