The boy learned his politics along with other lessons from his father. His boyhood was saddened by the illness of his mother and her death when he was 12 years old. In summer he enjoyed fishing, swimming, and riding. For winter fun there were coasting, skating, and hayrides. He helped to fill the woodbox, drive the cattle to pasture, drop seed potatoes at planting time, and drive the horsedrawn mowing machine and rake at harvest. As Calvin grew up he learned to do farm chores. His father was a farmer, storekeeper, and occasional political officeholder. He was named John Calvin for his father but dropped the John when he was graduated from college. It winds them up for twenty minutes more."Ĭalvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth, Vt., the son of John Calvin Coolidge and Victoria Moor Coolidge. He once explained to Bernard Baruch why he often sat silently through interviews: "Well, Baruch, many times I say only 'yes' or 'no' to people. I feel I no longer fit in with these times." He replied "You lose."īefore his death in January 1933, he confided to an old friend, ". The laconic Calvin Coolidge (nicknamed "Silent Cal"), spoke so little, that a dinner guest bet that she could ellicit more than two words from him.
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