Calvin Coolidge // #30

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Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

VICE PRESIDENT TO WARREN G. HARDING / #29

  • Three presidents died on July 4, but Coolidge was the only one born that day

  • Hit by a Ford while distractedly crossing the street

    I’m sure it goes without saying that the Ford that hit him was not Gerald. And at the time, Ford was only 10 years old or so and still legally named Leslie King. His name wasn’t officially changed until a decade or so after Coolidge was hit by the Ford, thus proving both conclusively and unnecessarily that Gerald had nothing to do with it.

  • President Harding made the VP part of the cabinet for the first time

  • Super-helpful for Coolidge, since he had to take over when Harding died unexpectedly

  • Sworn in by his father

Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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