This week's famous cousin is my 6th cousin 2x removed John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), the 30th President of the United States.
Here is John Calvin Coolidge's Family Search Family Tree short biography:
When President John Calvin Coolidge was born on 4 July 1872, in Plymouth, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, John Calvin Coolidge, was 27 and his mother, Victoria Josephine Moor, was 26. He married Grace Anna Goodhue on 4 October 1905, in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 5 January 1933, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
The Wikipedia profile for John Calvin Coolidge is here:
Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a Republican lawyer who climbed the ladder of Massachusetts politics, becoming the state's 48th governor. His prompt and effective response to the Boston police strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight as a man of decisive action. The next year, Coolidge was elected the country's 29th vice president and succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of President Warren G. Harding in August 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, Coolidge gained a reputation as a small-government conservative with a taciturn personality and dry sense of humor that earned him the nickname "Silent Cal". His widespread popularity enabled him to run for a second full term, but Coolidge chose not to run again in 1928, remarking that ten years as president would be "longer than any other man has had it—too long!"
During his gubernatorial career, Coolidge ran on the record of fiscal conservatism, strong support for women's suffrage, and vague opposition to Prohibition. During his presidency, he restored public confidence in the White House after the many scandals of the Harding administration. He signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans, and oversaw a period of rapid and expansive economic growth known as the "Roaring Twenties", leaving office with considerable popularity. He was known for his hands-off governing approach and pro-business stances; biographer Claude Fuess wrote: "He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength."
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to John Calvin Coolidge:
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