Hands down it’s Silent Cal. Even Reagan thought so.
RE: Hands down it’s Silent Cal. Even Reagan thought so.
Anecdote from this site :
http://biggovernment.com/tag/calvin-coolidge/
Ronald Reagan admired Coolidge a lot. In fact, when Reagan was looking over his new house—the White House—shortly after his inaugural in 1981, he entered into the Cabinet Room.
On the wall were portraits of Truman, Jefferson, and Lincoln. The White House curator commented at the time, “If you don’t like Mr. Truman, you can move Mr. Truman out.” Even though Reagan, a former Democrat, had voted for Truman back in 1948, he made his decision: Truman’s portrait was removed and one of Calvin Coolidge was dusted off and put in its place.