Great video but one small correction. Coolidge did lose one election in 1904. He was defeated in a run for the Northampton City school board. The election was held just a few weeks after he had gotten married. When he asked a close friend why he had voted for the other candidate, the man replied that he thought the post should be held by a man with children. To which the newly wed Coolidge famously replied; "you might have given me a little time."
@@johnzubak392 oh wow I didn't know that. But he is the only President to stay in some kind of government office after leaving the Presidency or are there others as well
We will likely never know for certain as Coolidge never explained his decision. But it is widely believed that he never really recovered from his son's death and was weary of public life by the end of his elected term. Coolidge was also a staunch conservative who respected precedent. He did understand that running for a second full term would put him in office for more than the customary eight-year limit. He may also have been aware of his own physical limitations. He never possessed a robust constitution and in fact he died in January of 1933. Had he been re-elected that means he would very likely have died in office. FWIW I think he is the most underrated of our presidents. (Edit: Typo)
That is true. After the death, he felt there was nothing more to gain in life. Also, it is believed that he knew that an economic crash would happen within the next four years and didn't want to be president when it happened. He didn't particularly like Hoover but knew he would be the next president, and wanted to see how the "wonder boy" as he called him, would handle it.
Calvin’s teenage son dead during his full term as president after the son stubbed his toe that got infected - blood poisoning. Can you imagine a U.S. president child dying today of some simple? Coolidge fell into a depression after the death.
Counting primary elections he is the only President never to lose, Reagan and Biden lost Presidential primary elections, Obama lost a primary for a House seat in Illinois, Clinton and Bush lost congressional races in the 70s, Johnson lost his first Senate race, Nixon lost in 1960 and FDR lost as running mate with Cox in 1920.
Incorrect as Washington, Grant, Eisenhower, and Taylor never ran for anything else and so never lost an election. I also do not believe Hoover ever ran for anything else but President after serving in the Cabinet. Apparently Coolidge lost a school board election in 1904 as well.
I believe Teddy Roosevelt also was a animal lover, but in a hunting activity sense of way. but hiss wildlife preservation legislations.were amazing. Teddy Roosevelt was an amazing and cool president.
Coolidge's conservatism failed him during the major flooding of the Mississippi in 1927. He wouldn't agree to Federal emergency assistance. Hoover, who was then the Secretary of Commerce, distinguished himself by going to the scene of the disaster and figuring out creative ways to lend assistance. Hoover was a great humanitarian which is sadly eclipsed by the start of the Depression and the blame he received for it.
Coolidge, by this account, is actually not that ‘conservative’ beyond the constitutional view of his role. On matters he felt came within his purview, he took liberal decisions. Indeed, his actions as governor of Massachusetts implies he took ‘new’ or ‘social’ liberal positions to protect and reward workers as individuals. There is, and was, nothing inherently conservative about thrifty or frugal state spending. Indeed, liberals have often found themselves trying to cut conservative spending geared towards institutions such as the military and the church. Acting as a new liberal in state office and classical liberal in national office (remember that Coolidge had an internationalist foreign policy based on liberal precepts including arms control) is probably part of the reason why Americans could stomach the New Deal ideologically, it was all based on a popular liberalism which lead to support for people such as Coolidge. The only reason why he appears conservative, beyond his constitutional views, is because old liberalism was already hegemonic in 20s America and thus there was nothing much more to change
Interesting, i thought Coolidge was always closer to being a classical liberal or a libertarian than a social liberal.I don't like social liberalism especially the people who represent it in today's America.Though i like Coolidge definitely one of the best Republican presidents.
Didn't the chair of the Federal Reserve admit in like 2005 that they were responsible for the Depression? IMO Woodrow Wilson was more at fault than anybody else but admittedly I don't really know much about 1920s-30s economics
@@Benjifan2000 Nooooo. It was because of the build up during the Coolidge years. Why do you think he didn't want to run for re-election? (among other reasons)
The Great Depression was building in the background for well over a decade. Poor policy decisions as far back as Johnson could be blamed, but more specifically Taft, Wilson, and *especially* Harding were at fault. Big crashes don't just happen overnight; the 2008 bubble started almost a decade prior, so therefore larger crashes like the Great Depression would have taken even longer to build up. Hoover certainly didn't help things, but he didn't touch anything that Coolidge and Harding before him had done. The blame surely falls upon the shoulders of the five prior presidents more than a newcomer whose primary focus was previously agriculture and humanitarian aid, not the economy.
Had he ran a third term and Charles G. Dawes was re-elected as his running mate, Dawes would’ve been president for only a month and 2 weeks, the second shortest tenure of a president.
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Swearing your own son in as president is how you know you've succeeded as a parent
I'm looking forward to when members of a former president's family will visit him in jail. That will be another fun family experience.
@@emmgeevideo his parents won’t be able to see it They died before the year 2000
Dude alright trump isn't a good president but that's too harsh •~• @@emmgeevideo
Great video but one small correction. Coolidge did lose one election in 1904. He was defeated in a run for the Northampton City school board. The election was held just a few weeks after he had gotten married. When he asked a close friend why he had voted for the other candidate, the man replied that he thought the post should be held by a man with children. To which the newly wed Coolidge famously replied; "you might have given me a little time."
Former President Taft who finally had his dream job of being Chief Justice swore Cal in. Only time that's ever happened I believe
@@johnzubak392 oh wow I didn't know that. But he is the only President to stay in some kind of government office after leaving the Presidency or are there others as well
@@justina9137 John Quincy Adams became a Representative for 9 terms and Andrew Johnson became a Senator.
He also swore in Hoover
I was led to believe that the death of his son was the main factor in him not running again.
We will likely never know for certain as Coolidge never explained his decision. But it is widely believed that he never really recovered from his son's death and was weary of public life by the end of his elected term. Coolidge was also a staunch conservative who respected precedent. He did understand that running for a second full term would put him in office for more than the customary eight-year limit. He may also have been aware of his own physical limitations. He never possessed a robust constitution and in fact he died in January of 1933. Had he been re-elected that means he would very likely have died in office. FWIW I think he is the most underrated of our presidents. (Edit: Typo)
"led"
"Lead" is an element, not the past tense of "lead."
That is true. After the death, he felt there was nothing more to gain in life. Also, it is believed that he knew that an economic crash would happen within the next four years and didn't want to be president when it happened. He didn't particularly like Hoover but knew he would be the next president, and wanted to see how the "wonder boy" as he called him, would handle it.
@@viktorwolfe8333bro roasted em lol
Calvin’s teenage son dead during his full term as president after the son stubbed his toe that got infected - blood poisoning. Can you imagine a U.S. president child dying today of some simple? Coolidge fell into a depression after the death.
My favorite president
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He’s now my fifth greatest president now!
Coolidge's 1925 inauguration was in March, not January.
The first Jan 20th inauguration took place with FDR's second term in 1937.
@@viktorwolfe8333 Forgot as to why inauguration was changed from March 4th to January 20th
@@iDeathMaximuMII Because presidents didn't need that much time to get to Washington anymore. I believe the 20th Amendment changed that.
4:44 Looks like he’s so uncomfortable “Welp, I’ve done it” 😂
well he's calvin coolidge im not sure what you expect
Counting primary elections he is the only President never to lose, Reagan and Biden lost Presidential primary elections, Obama lost a primary for a House seat in Illinois, Clinton and Bush lost congressional races in the 70s, Johnson lost his first Senate race, Nixon lost in 1960 and FDR lost as running mate with Cox in 1920.
Washington never lost an election. Granted he ran for office only twice, and without opposition.
@@MFPhoto1 yeah on reflection I don’t think Warren G. Harding ever lost either 😂
@@michaeldelaney8086 Harding ran for governor of Ohio in 1910 and lost
Incorrect as Washington, Grant, Eisenhower, and Taylor never ran for anything else and so never lost an election. I also do not believe Hoover ever ran for anything else but President after serving in the Cabinet. Apparently Coolidge lost a school board election in 1904 as well.
Did JFK loose an election? I thought he won all of his.
I had no idea he was such an animal lover. Very cool!
I believe Teddy Roosevelt also was a animal lover, but in a hunting activity sense of way.
but hiss wildlife preservation legislations.were amazing.
Teddy Roosevelt was an amazing and cool president.
This is definitely one of the videos of all time
Fun Fact Calvin Coolidge Died Near His Wife Birthday & His Wife Died Near His Birthday
I guess you could say these are cool facts
COOLidge facts
Cal was sworn in by father then an ex president.
No his father was a big politician not president tho
@@josephmarsala441 He means Taft.
Cal was depressed about losing his son, that's why he didn't seek a third term.
Coolidge's conservatism failed him during the major flooding of the Mississippi in 1927. He wouldn't agree to Federal emergency assistance. Hoover, who was then the Secretary of Commerce, distinguished himself by going to the scene of the disaster and figuring out creative ways to lend assistance. Hoover was a great humanitarian which is sadly eclipsed by the start of the Depression and the blame he received for it.
this was really cool!
Coolidge, by this account, is actually not that ‘conservative’ beyond the constitutional view of his role. On matters he felt came within his purview, he took liberal decisions. Indeed, his actions as governor of Massachusetts implies he took ‘new’ or ‘social’ liberal positions to protect and reward workers as individuals. There is, and was, nothing inherently conservative about thrifty or frugal state spending. Indeed, liberals have often found themselves trying to cut conservative spending geared towards institutions such as the military and the church. Acting as a new liberal in state office and classical liberal in national office (remember that Coolidge had an internationalist foreign policy based on liberal precepts including arms control) is probably part of the reason why Americans could stomach the New Deal ideologically, it was all based on a popular liberalism which lead to support for people such as Coolidge. The only reason why he appears conservative, beyond his constitutional views, is because old liberalism was already hegemonic in 20s America and thus there was nothing much more to change
"led"
"Lead" is an element, not the past tense of "lead."
Good points.
Interesting, i thought Coolidge was always closer to being a classical liberal or a libertarian than a social liberal.I don't like social liberalism especially the people who represent it in today's America.Though i like Coolidge definitely one of the best Republican presidents.
There u go, he was a social progressive indeed
Didn't the chair of the Federal Reserve admit in like 2005 that they were responsible for the Depression? IMO Woodrow Wilson was more at fault than anybody else but admittedly I don't really know much about 1920s-30s economics
1:26 if I’m correct William Howard Taft like the former president?
Correct, Altrough Taft was elected as president his ambition and goal always had beign to be Chief of the Supreme Court, and he became it.
It was Hoover's tinkering with the economy that caused the Great Depression, one thing led to another.
Hoover was only president for 7 months when the Stock Market crashed; is that long enough to have made any kind of difference??
@@viktorwolfe8333 Yes.
@@Benjifan2000 Nooooo. It was because of the build up during the Coolidge years. Why do you think he didn't want to run for re-election? (among other reasons)
The Great Depression was building in the background for well over a decade. Poor policy decisions as far back as Johnson could be blamed, but more specifically Taft, Wilson, and *especially* Harding were at fault. Big crashes don't just happen overnight; the 2008 bubble started almost a decade prior, so therefore larger crashes like the Great Depression would have taken even longer to build up. Hoover certainly didn't help things, but he didn't touch anything that Coolidge and Harding before him had done. The blame surely falls upon the shoulders of the five prior presidents more than a newcomer whose primary focus was previously agriculture and humanitarian aid, not the economy.
@@Nimta It was probably more than one thing, thanks for educating me.
Incredible man of humility!
Coolidge is cool
I just would've liked for him to aid the farmers.
Coolidge was the last president I ever learned about. Nobody remembers this guy lol
A president being inaugurated by another president
It’ll be 100 years since Calvin Coolidge took office tomorrow.
another fun fact: calvin coolidge owned 2 bear cubs named tax reduction and budget bureau
Here's another cool fact. One of his living relatives is the famous Jennifer Coolidge, which is pretty Cool(idge)! 😁
Was a good man
It triggers me every time you say Massachusetts
JFK didn't lose a race either.
“Would have ran”? Ugh!
He would’ve died 2 months before iniguration day if he ran for a third term
Had he ran a third term and Charles G. Dawes was re-elected as his running mate, Dawes would’ve been president for only a month and 2 weeks, the second shortest tenure of a president.
That is right
*"BaWt... BaWt... DaRe WuZ a PaWtY sHifT... HoW hE wAnT sMoL gOvErNmEnT?"*
-some smooth brained zealot
Maybe he's classic liberal
President Trump never lost an election either
he ran in 2000 as a third party
2020 💯💯💯
lmao
I think the pandemic may have rotted your braincells away man
He lost the 2020 election like a wimp
He invented felching