... the Harding's, and for that mater, any previous president, probably due in part because Harding had managed to push through Congress a measure providing his successors with an entertainment budget. It did no good- (Sobel 254). Coolidge was not the kind of president to take control of Congress. "The Massachusetts politician ... was different form what it is today, or even as it evolved under Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Coolidge was the last president to spend hours standing in the White House lobby greeting and shaking hands with casual visitors on their tours. He was the las...

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