Calvin Coolidge Hand Signed Autograph - 30th United States President
Item History & Price
Attention U.S. Presidential autograph collectors! For auction:President: Calvin Coolidge Type: signature cut on paperSize: 1.75 x 3.5”Condition: there is a small rip near the top and bottom, tape has been placed on the top edge (not sticky), age toning.Authentication: Walter R. Benjamin Autographs of Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.Notes: we are in the process of... listing the estate of an autograph collector. This autograph was purchased in 1966 for $5 (please see photos of correspondence and receipt of sale). We encourage your participation in the bidding process by starting at a low price. From Wikipedia: “Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; /ˈkuːlɪdʒ/; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of Massachusetts. His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. The next year, he was elected the 29th vice president of the United States, and he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative and also as a man who said very little and had a rather dry sense of humor.Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration, and left office with considerable popularity. As a Coolidge biographer 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".Scholars have ranked Coolidge in the lower half of those presidents that they have assessed. He is praised by advocates of smaller government and laissez-faire economics, while supporters of an active central government generally view him less favorably, although most praise his stalwart support of racial equality.”