COOLIDGE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS OPEN IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On November 19, 1923, the Associated Press reports "reservations for (President Calvin) Coolidge headquarters and (Senator Hiram) Johnson headquarters have been made and a mid-western Coolidge headquarters was opened today."
Reservations were also made for 400,000 rooms at the Congress Hotel* here in the Windy City. Republican officials, however, claim "the final decision on a convention city (for 1924) still remain to be made."
*Congress Hotel, opened in 1893, is located on South Michigan Ave across from Grant Park. Presidents who have stayed here include Cleveland, McKinley, TR, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge & FDR.
SOURCE
"Coolidge Campaign Opens In Chicago," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
