Tag Archive for "Voting" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Calvin Coolidge Says, November 1, 1930

January 22, 2021

Date: November 1, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA Summary: Calvin Coolidge describes the importance of voting in the United States. (Original document available here) This republic need fear little internal danger if the people conscientiously discharge their duty to vote. All abuses that may arise will be redressed by that constitutional method. We can secure a […]

Calvin Coolidge Says, August 15, 1930

December 14, 2020

Date: August 15, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The right to vote is the very essence to self-government. It is a privilege we are too prone to assume is self-existent, and therefore unimportant. It is the foundation of our liberties. If this source be defiled, the whole body politic becomes contaminated. At […]

Press Conference, October 14, 1924

September 25, 2020

Date: October 14, 1924 Location: Washington, DC (Original document available here) I haven’t had any communication whatever, so far as I know, from the Mayor of Philadelphia. Sometimes if a communication comes in asking for an appointment it wouldn’t come to my desk. The appointment would be made and I might not know about it. […]

Press Conference, October 29, 1926

July 14, 2020

Date: October 29, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I am going to start home to vote Monday night reaching Northampton some time Tuesday morning. You can get the hour of the departure of the train – I should say Monday night, I didn’t say Sunday did I? Press: No, Monday. President: You […]

Address of President Coolidge before the Daughters of the American Revolution

April 13, 2020

Title: Address of President Coolidge before the Daughters of the American Revolution Date: April 19, 1926 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Coolidge addresses the DAR and praises the accomplishments of the group and the role women have in voting Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution: Coming to address the Thirty-fifth Continental Congress of the […]