Good mention of Coolidge, who is one of the best Presidents of this century. He was one of the last true federalists; he would not involve the federal government in matters that were not outlined to it in the Constitution. Once, there was a major natural castrophe somewhere in the Southwest and the state requested funds from the government; Coolidge said no way; the government had no power to take $$ from one state and send it to another.
Can you imagine any politician saying that today?
Coolidge and Grover Cleveland -- a Democrat, amazingly enough -- were probably the two most consistent limited-government Presidents of the post-Civil War Era (or of any era, for that matter.) Coolidge was a highly intelligent man who, despite his simple and rather homely modes of expression, translated from Latin and Greek for recreation and had a firm grasp of economic theory. BTW, Coolidge's hometown of Plymouth Notch is a beautiful place to visit and should be a Freeper shrine.