Most presidents are enigmas. George Washington’s iron self-control made him a mystery. After more than a decade of research that included full access to his subject and those close to him ...

Former President Coolidge has just dropped dead. I think the Senate should immediately adjourn.” Numb with shock, the Senate adjourned. At the White House President Hoover was lunching with ...

Economy is idealism in its most practical form.’ Those words, uttered by President Coolidge at his inaugural 100 years ago, are top of mind as President-elect Trump prepares to be sworn to the ...

In the wall of the north portion of the White House is a bell. On a recent afternoon. President Coolidge pressed this bell repeatedly, scampered quickly away. To the north portico rushed a detail ...

Nearly 100 years ago, President Calvin Coolidge took the same oath of office outside the Capitol. His inauguration was the first to be broadcast live on the radio, and he did not host any ...

Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible when he was sworn in following the death of President William McKinley in 1901. Lyndon ...

On Kansas Day in 1925, a farm girl named Vada Watson was whisked to the White House to present President Coolidge with a sack ...