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Calvin Coolidge

The Autobiography

OF

CALVIN COOLIDGE

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New York
COSMOPOLITAN BOOK CORPORATION
1929

FIRST TRADE EDITION

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. BY
J.J. LITTLE & IVES CO., NEW YORK

CONTENTS

I.	SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD	1
II.	SEEKING AN EDUCATION	35
III.	THE LAW AND POLITICS	81
IV.	IN NATIONAL POLITICS	139
V.	ON ENTERING AND LEAVING THE PRESIDENCY	169
VI.	SOME OF THE DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT	193
VII.	WHY I DID NOT CHOOSE TO RUN	237

ILLUSTRATIONS

CALVIN COOLIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Frontispiece
		FACING PAGE
VICTORIA JOSEPHINE (MOOR) COOLIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		30
Mother of Calvin Coolidge
COLONEL JOHN C. COOLIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		48
Vermont Senate
CALVIN COOLIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		66
At the Age of Three
CALVIN COOLIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		90
Aged Seven
CALVIN COOLIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		136
At Amherst College
GRACE GOODHUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		190
Before Her Marriage to Calvin Coolidge
CALVIN COOLIDGE AND HIS FAMILY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		220
The Day He Became Governor of Massachusetts

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