CALVIN COOLIDGE

 I've been a fan of Calvin Coolidge since collecting stamps when I was a boy! CC was featured on the $5.00 stamp  Scott's 834 in the presidential  series of 1938. In college I wrote a paper entitled "The Man Behind The Myth." Over the years my curiosity grew as CC was a graduate of Amherst College and mayor of Northampton, Mass. CC He went on to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, state congressman, as a state senator and as a lieutenant governor. Coolidge gained national fame when, as governor,he is quoted on the Boston police strike "there is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." CC won at the National Convention nod,as the vice-presidential candidate.He was on the ticket with Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio. While visiting his father in Plymouth, Vermont,  Harding died and CC was sworn into the presidency by his father!Coolidge was a quiet, no-nonsense man. He had a reputation in being honest and this helped him gain honesty in the government. ' The chief business of the American people is business."CC remained popular throughout his presidency. The death of his  youngest son while in office put Coolidge in a depression. He decided not to seek re-election and retired to his home in Northampton , MA. He died of a heart attack at age 60. NB I had the pleasure of interviewing CC son John Coolidge at his home in Connecticut! 

ROBERT LOUIS POTVIN