Born: July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont... His 1923 State of the Union address to Congress was the first ever to be broadcast via radio. He would continue to use the medium effectively, giving ...

“Thrift, to him, is the queen of all virtues,” H.L. Mencken wrote mockingly of President Calvin Coolidge. “He respects money in each and every one of its beautiful forms: pennies, nickels, dimes … ” ...

The ordinary reader may be forgiven for concluding that modern presidential memoirs are meant to be talked about, not read. They attempt to offer a comprehensive and idealized version of the ...

Bittinger wrote the 124-page biography of President Calvin Coolidge's wife based on new research, reading letters by the first lady and also the diaries and letters of the deputy White House physician ...

The first time Calvin Coolidge met Gutzon Borglum, the president agreed to the artist's scheme to mint commemorative coins. With the coins, Borglum hoped to raise funds to carve a mountain into ...

It’s common for American presidents to grow in our estimation over time. Decisions once deemed unwise can look wiser or prescient with the perspective of decades. Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower ...