How Did Calvin Coolidge Influence The Republican Party

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Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont on July 4th 1872. His father, John Calvin Coolidge SR, was a politician who held office for 6 years in The Vermont House Of Representatives and was a Senator for Vermont. He was also a farmer and a shopkeeper. Calvin graduated from Amherst College in 1895 and while attending was a member of a Republican club and Phi Gamma Delta, after college he went on to become a Lawyer and passed his Bar exam in 1897. He opened his own Law office in Massachusetts, this is where he started to get involved in local politics for the republican party. Calvin started his political career in a Republican club in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was elected as the city solicitor in 1900 which was his first

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