About Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge, a Republican lawyer, was the 48th governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921. He then became the 29th vice president under President Warren G. Harding, serving from 1921 to 1923. In 1923 he succeeded Harding as the 30th president of the United States and held the office until 1929. He was known for a small‑government conservative outlook, a quiet, serious demeanor, and a dry sense of humor that earned him the nickname “Silent Cal.”
![“[The reason a man has] so much trouble with the Senate is that there isn't a man in the Senate who doesn't think he is better suited to be President than the President, and thinks he might have been President except for luck.” quote by Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/afd/calvin-coolidge-764_arrogance_the-reason-a-man-has-so-much-trouble-wit_1981763.jpg)
![“The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill. If we are to have a billion dollars of navy, half a billion of farm relief, [etc. ] the people will have to furnish more revenue by paying more taxes. It is for them, through their Congress, to…” quote by Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2b6/calvin-coolidge-764_appropriation_the-appropriation-of-public-money-always_2164807.jpg)
![“Well, they’re going to elect that Superman Hoover, and he’s going to have some trouble. He’s going to have to spend money, but it won’t be enough. Then the Democrats will come in. But they don’t know anything about money. [To his Secret Service man, Edmund Starling]” quote by Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/143/calvin-coolidge-764_money_well-they-re-going-to-elect-that-superma_1449973.jpg)
