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A Quiet and Serious Young Man
John Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, , in the small village of Plymouth Notch, Vermont. His father, also named John Calvin Coolidge (), was a hardworking and frugal businessman who ran a general store and post office.
His mother, Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge (), died when her son was just 12 years old.
Calvin cooledge biography
He was raised to be honest, industrious and conservative, with a deep respect for business.
Did you know? Calvin Coolidge was the only U.S. president to be sworn in by his own father. In , while visiting his childhood home in Vermont, Coolidge learned of President Warren Harding's death.
As it was the middle of the night, Coolidge's father—a notary public—administered the oath by lamplight.
Coolidge graduated from Black River Academy in Ludlow, Vermont, in , and went on to attend Amherst College in Massachusetts, graduating with honors in He studied law and passed the Massachusetts bar exam in After opening a law office in Northampton, he