25 YEARS AGO CALVIN COOLIDGE WAS PREDICTED TO 'SOME DAY' BE ELECTED POTUS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On November 27, 1924, The Evening Star reports that when Calvin Coolidge was a lawyer in Northampton*, Massachusetts, T. G. Spaulding predicted that "some day" Mr. Coolidge would be elected President of the United States.
That was back in 1899, 25 years ago.
A clipping from the Hampshire County Gazette states that the prediction was made at Clark & Parsons Drug Store, headquarters of most of the Republican politicians in the county.
At the time, the young barrister was planning a run for the Common Council.
*Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is located 19 miles north of Springfield. In 1842 it became a transcendentalist utopian community of abolitionists.
The opera singer Jenny Lind called it the 'Paradise of America' & so it became known as "The Paradise City." Smith College for Women was founded here in 1871.
JFK+50 NOTE
Calvin Coolidge ran as Warren G. Harding's running mate in the Election of 1920. In October 1923, President Harding passed away & Vice-President Coolidge was sworn-in as President & completed Harding's term.
In November 1924, President Coolidge was elected to a full term of his own & served as the 30th POTUS from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1929.
A man of few words, Coolidge famously said "I do not choose to run in 1928." Herbert Hoover of Iowa, also a Republican, succeeded CC.
SOURCE
"'Lawyer Coolidge' Will Be President, Prediction in 1899," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
