Silent Cal- the quiet president that presided over a roaring era. He is the most recent President without an official Presidential Library and Museum. I hope they change that one day.
Oh, I think that's in-the-works and shall be, hopefully of-the-sooner than later. That first of yours I found really quite good, Caleb, being perfectly descriptive of the case-actual.
How about that, interesting. I think he is very underrated. I read his biography and autobiography. He understood that the federal government shouldn't be involved in everything.
@iheartcicada : Well, not quite. The video says that this was recorded in June, 1930. So then Calvin Coolidge would not longer be US President as he would have been out of office since March, 1929. So in this video he would be a former US President not the incumbent. That position would be held at that time by Herbert Hoover.
@gregb6469 Yes, that's true. If he was being introduced publicly then he would have been announced as former president, but if one was talking to him privately then yes he would be referred to as Mr. President.
AMAZING SPEECH. No need for a teleprompter!! Intelligent, well spoken and no need for "fluff." Think what we have had for the last few Presidents. Calvin Coolidge rocks!!
Food for thought: Calvin Coolidge was actually a man of a very few words. He was the least eloquent of all presidents. It was said that for him to speak one or two sentences was already talking alot for him. He was probably dragging himself to give this speech. So if any president truly had never needed a teleprompter was Calvin.
There were no teleprompters back then. The first president to use a teleprompter was Lyndon Johnson. And every succeeding president with the exception of Richard Nixon used it including Donald Trump even though he denies it.
@@dianarendon5845 well if I were advising a present of that character I would say that he actually did need a teleprompter. Even though there was no such thing in those days. Today a man with this speech delivery would never be elected president. It's all about how you speak now.
Coolidge and Adams (2nd president) are tied for the most underrated president, in my opinion. One of the last great Republican presidents along with Ike. Lincoln, Grant and Roosevelt were great as well.
@@elliotmurphy3211 I try to look at results while in office, not character. I know what my 401K was like during his term, and I know what my 401K is like now 😓. But no, in no way shape or form do I support him this time around. He’s electoral poison. If you asked me now, not a year ago, no, I would not have included him. A horrible person. I probably should’ve included on my short list Cleveland (since I’m from Buffalo 😁) as well as Grant (who has undergone somewhat of a reassessment).
what year was this recorded? I'm assuming that it has to be 1927 at the earliest being fox phonofilm would quite likely be the source and fox I believed started their films in '27. Unless this is an early DeForest/Case film? Or maybe it was later and he was Ex President Coolidge?
The event took place on Saturday, June 14, 1930, at the Amherst College alumni dinner. NBC carried the program over WEAF (New York) and other associated stations. Ex-President Coolidge spoke at about 1:30 pm (EST).
When in "official mode" or nearly so, he had a nasal sort of delivery, He became known for this, his speech and delivery in-private being much different.
