Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States of America after

the abrupt death of Warren G. Harding. Many historians look at the Coolidge presidency

as one that had no initiative. “He is often dismissed as a political naïf, simpleton, and

lazy misfit, a relic from the nineteenth century, whose administration set the stage for the

Great Depression” (Sobel 3). Despite of what historians think, Coolidge put our country

on pace of becoming the most powerful country in the world through business. Although

he is blamed for the Great Depression, he changed the American outlook on economy

Coolidge’s political philosophy was something that he never changed all

throughout his political career. “Many remarked that Coolidge was a clever and astute

politician, but he was also a teacher of morals and ethics who believed in the innate

goodness of mankind, which had been corrupted by government and other external

forces. Part of that morality was a denial of materialism, a central component of

Garman’s philosophy to which Coolidge adhered for the rest of his life--- which might

Congress gave him, then he would veto it. He had nothing to prove to anyone. He is a

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