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In his first year in the White House, Coolidge had the company of Calvin, Jr. but after his death, the White House was childless. The Coolidges' older son, John, was seventeen and a trainee at a citizen's military camp at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, when Coolidge became President. He spent the presidential years as a student at Amherst College.
Coolidge’s sense of humor, usually hidden –until Calvin, Jr.’s teasing brought it out– disappeared for good. In 1928 President Coolidge refused to run for another term in office, although he probably would have easily won; he forfeited the opportunity to Herbert Hoover, retired from public life, and passed away in 1933—many said—from the ongoing grief over the death of his son.
Once Coolidge became president, the boys still visit only on vacations. In 1924, Calvin Jr. has one more year and takes the College Board Entrance Examinations and ranks very high. On Monday, June 30th, Calvin Jr. plays tennis with his brother John on the White House courts. He does not wear socks and gets a blister.
27 de oct. de 2009 · Calvin Coolidge was the only U.S. president to be sworn in by his own father. ... (1879-1957), a teacher at a local school for the deaf. They had two sons, John (1906-2000) and Calvin Jr. ...
7 de jul. de 2018 · Calvin Junior. July 7, 2018 / gouverneurmorris. It was on this day, July 7, 1924 at 10:30 in the evening, that the Coolidges’ youngest son, sixteen year old Calvin Jr., lost his fight with blood poisoning (septicemia) from a blister on his foot after playing tennis with his brother, John. In a hurry, young Calvin neglected to wear socks.
4 de abr. de 2024 · John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. After graduating from Amherst College with honors, Coolidge studied law and opened a law practice in Northampton, Massachusetts. On October 4, 1905, Coolidge married Grace Anna Goodhue, a teacher at the Clarke School for the Deaf.
24 de may. de 2000 · On 30 June 1924, Coolidge's two sons, John and Calvin Jr., set out to play tennis on the White House tennis court. 16-year-old Calvin Jr., in a hurry to get out on the court, ...
