Today in Supreme Court History: August 2, 1923

8/2/1923: President Calvin Coolidge's Inauguration. He would appoint Justice Harlan Fiske Stone to the Supreme Court.

President Calvin Coolidge

 

Comments

[PeteRR]

Coolidge is the last, great GOP President. He was the calm before the socialist storm that has engulfed this country.

[Dr. Ed]

No, both Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt had their socialist tendencies, and Lincoln definitely expanded the Federal government.

Conversely, there is a lot of Coolidge in Trump once you get beyond the difference of coming of age in 19th Century Vermont versus New York City of the 1980's.

[Reverend Bob]

Definitely. But I don't really see him as last/best GOP president a as much as the last/best constitutional conservative. He's the actual embodiment of minimizing the size and scope of government that modern conservatives pretend Ronald Reagan was.

[Dr. Ed]

Reportedly he took the initial oath of office in Vermont by the light of a kerosene lamp. How America has changed in 97 years....

[Amazing Propagandist]

Damn fine president.

[Dan Schiavetta]

A man of few words. The anti-Josh.

[Reverend Bob]

I have always loved that anecdote about the time he was sitting next to a woman at some function @ the white house. The woman said she made a bet with a friend that she could get Coolidge to say three words to her & his only reply was "you lose"

[Dan Schiavetta]

"Oh Mr. Coolidge, if you could only be President again, it would be the end of this horrible Depression!"

"It would be the beginning of mine."

[Alpheus W Drinkwater]

Google the Coolidge Effect, if you aren't familiar with the story. He certainly had a sharp sense of humor.