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1 de jul. de 2003 · Grace Coolidge’s strong faith kept her going. She wrote this to her surviving son while her husband was napping. “He went to service last Sunday and will today. He looks better day by day and is regaining some of his lost pounds.” Some historians believe her husband, Calvin, had a long bout of depression after their son’s death.
6 de jul. de 2017 · By July 7th, Calvin Jr.’s localized infection had developed into full-blown sepsis. As the boy slipped in and out of delirium, Coolidge cradled him in his arms. He died at 10:20 p.m. Some who were there say that the president was in perfect control of his emotions; others, that he was hysterical, shouting he would soon join his son in death.
The death of the popular 57-year-old President shocked the nation. In San Francisco, 20 Eagle Scouts marched in the funeral cortege as the President's train prepared for its sad journey eastward. Along the route, Scouts who weeks before had turned out to greet their leader, now gathered to pay their final respects.
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.
20 de abr. de 2017 · A final clue to Coolidge’s work after his younger son’s death can be found in the melancholy coincidence of the memorials in the East Room: Abraham Lincoln. All Republicans publicly claim some connection to Lincoln, for association with their party’s founder burnishes their own reputation.
5 de ene. de 2019 · By Andrew Glass. 01/05/2019 12:02 AM EST. On this day in 1993, Calvin Coolidge, the nation’s 30th president, died suddenly from coronary thrombosis at his home, The Beeches, in Northampton, Mass ...
John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (March 31, 1845 – March 18, 1926) was an American politician and businessman from Vermont, and the father of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States. The senior Coolidge administered the presidential oath of office to his son at their family homestead in the early morning hours of August 3, 1923, following the death of President Warren G. Harding .
