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Frost, Robert, 8, 28, 135, 247, 251, 291, 454

Frost, William Prescott, 28

Fuess, Claude, 451

Fuller, Melville, 105

Funerals.
See also
Deaths

Coolidge’s, 455

Harding’s, 257

Gale, Ivah, 87

Galusha, Jonas, 17

Gardner, Augustus, 127, 129, 133, 142

Garman, Charles Edward, 58, 66, 86, 88, 102, 105, 167, 192, 248, 333, 336, 378, 444

on careers, 61, 75–76

death of, 99

Dwight Morrow on, 112

as mentor for Coolidge, 10, 50–54, 56, 59, 124, 435

reputation of, 33

theory of chance by, 76

Garner, John Nance, 278, 339, 394

Gary, Elbert, 177

Gates, Merrill, 51

Geisser, Erwin, 381

Genealogy, Coolidge’s, 10–11

General strikes, 114–15, 152.
See also
Strikes

Germany, 127, 131, 133, 152, 227, 294, 382, 391, 392, 414, 417, 418, 422

Gibb, Florence, 69

Gifts, Coolidge and, 444–45

Gilbert, Parker, 256

Gillespie, Mabel, 185

Gillett, Frederick, 188, 189, 193, 200, 223, 313

Glass, Carter, 222, 288, 330, 351, 376, 431–32

Goals, Coolidge’s, 61

Goldman, Emma, 40

Gold standard, 40, 43, 47, 68–69, 96

Golf

Coolidge’s first attempts at, 68, 81

in Harding administration, 217–18, 223–24, 227, 230, 242

Golf cabinet, Harding’s, 227

Gompers, Samuel, 104, 147, 153–54, 160, 164, 167, 170–71, 180, 181, 184, 200, 203, 209, 241, 244, 256, 263, 268, 271, 272, 321, 415

Goodhue, Andrew, 79–80, 86, 247, 429

Goodhue, Grace Anna.
See
Coolidge, Grace Anna Goodhue (wife)

Goodhue, Lemira, 86, 87, 90, 275, 313, 318, 382, 387, 404–5, 415, 425, 428, 438

Goodhue, William, 80

Goodrich, James, 183

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 341

Government Printing Office, 277

Government reorganization, Massachusetts, 178–80, 184–85

Governor of Massachusetts, Coolidge as

Boston Police strike and (
see
Boston Police strike)

campaign for, 145–46

national response to busting of Boston Police strike by, 173–78

post-World War I issues of, 146–50

reelection of, 178–87

speech welcoming Woodrow Wilson to Boston by, 149–50

state government reorganization by, 178–80, 184–85

Winthrop Murray Crane as model for, 74–75

Grace Coolidge Creek, 373

Graduation, Amherst College, 58

Grand Central Terminal, 118, 453

Grant, Ulysses S., 96, 302

Great Britain, 29, 52, 56, 127, 131, 133, 152, 267, 310, 324, 339, 360–61, 391, 392, 393, 394, 403, 410, 416, 417, 422, 426, 448

Great Depression, 11–12, 448

Green, William, 262, 274

Green Mountain Boys, 19

Greenwood, Levi, 111, 121

Gridiron Club, 238, 273–74

Grosvenor, Edwin, 134

Grote, Henry, 166

Grove Orator office, Amherst College, 54, 56, 58

Guggenheim, Harry, 361

Hadley, C. T., 161

Haigis, John, 137

Hale, Eugene, 218

Haley, Jim, 270, 283, 298, 301–2, 373, 376–77, 385, 395

Hall, Thomas, 133

Ham, Guy, 135, 137

Hammond, John C., 34, 58, 61, 64–65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 85, 96, 97, 455.
See also
Hammond and Field law firm

Hammond and Field law firm, 42, 61–69, 71, 318

Hanna, Mark, 196

Hanson, Ole, 148, 152, 174, 184

Harding, Florence, 204–5, 212, 217, 219, 227, 229, 231, 237, 243, 244–45, 247, 250, 257, 258, 259, 260, 319, 355, 413

Harding, Warren G.

concerns about corruption in campaign spending of, 196–97

Coolidge and, 7, 12, 202, 204, 209

eulogy for, by Coolidge, 273

illness and death of, 249–53

nomination of, for presidency, 200–201

peace treaty and, 414–15

as president (
see
Harding administration)

presidential campaign of, 186, 191, 203

on Theodore Roosevelt, 113

speech of, in Boston, 195–96

on Woodrow Wilson and labor issues, 177

Harding, William P. G., 191, 193, 205, 222, 246, 266, 304

Harding administration.
See also
Harding, Warren G.

Alaska trip during, 249–51

budget issues in, 225–26, 236–37

cabinet in, 214–15, 221–22, 226, 243–44

Coolidge administration and scandals and corruption of, 255, 262, 268–69, 280–83

Coolidge as vice-president in (
see
Vice-presidency, Coolidge’s)

Harding’s death in, 251–53

inauguration and beginning of, 214–15

labor issues in, 234, 241

midterm election concerns in cabinet of, 243–44

new Budget Bureau in, 225–26

patronage jobs in, 210–11, 219, 231–32, 234, 236, 241, 246

scandal and corruption in, 232–33, 235, 239–40, 244–45 (
see also
Teapot Dome scandal)

suicides during, 247

tax issues in, 222, 245–46

veterans’ issues in, 230–31, 233–34, 236–37, 242–43

Hardy, Ernest, 35, 41–42, 43, 59, 61, 69, 73, 96, 117, 194

Hardy, Thomas, 52

Harney Park Lodge (summer White House), 355, 372–86

Harriman, E. H., 100–101, 103, 106

Harrison, Benjamin, 28, 39–41, 54

Harrison, Pat, 229

Harvard Law School, 38, 60, 63, 84–85, 99

Haugen, Gilbert, 306, 351

Have Faith in Massachusetts
(book), 139, 156–57, 174, 179, 187–88, 194

Hawley, Willis, 440

Hays, William, 219

Haywood, Bill, 114

Health issues, Republican Party and, 94–95, 98

Hearst, William Randolph, 291, 292, 321

Heflin, Howell, 396, 431

Hemenway, Ralph, 138, 435, 444

Henderson, Florence, 224, 232, 243

Henderson, John B., 243–44

Henry, George, 376

Hepburn Act, 95, 100–101, 144–45

Heye, Wilhelm, 390

High school.
See
Black River Academy

Hills, Therese, 153, 246, 299, 318, 347, 413

Hines, Frank, 268

Hisgen, Thomas, 106

Hisgen Brothers, 98, 101, 106

Hitchcock, Edward, 35

Hitler, Adolf, 8

Hoar, George, 81–82

Holland, Josiah Gilbert, 140

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 53, 95, 166

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 63, 84–85

Home Culture Club, 65, 84, 92, 249, 415

Home Market Club, 195

Homestead Plant strike, 39–40

Honeymoon, 88–90

Hoover, Herbert, 183, 186, 263, 294, 312, 354, 368, 379, 382, 389, 396, 398, 419, 423, 431

on Alaska trip with Harding, 249

budget of, 443

as Coolidge’s commerce secretary, 258, 275, 280, 293, 313, 337, 367

at Coolidge’s funeral, 455

flood control issues of, 344, 353–54, 389, 400, 426–27

as Harding’s Commerce secretary, 210, 221–22, 228, 249

inauguration of, 434–35

interest of, in new technology, 356

Mississippi River floods and, 357–60, 378, 403

New England floods and, 401–2

nomination of, for presidency, 419–21

as president, 434–35, 441, 443, 444, 446, 448, 450-3

as presidential candidate, 181–82, 190, 196, 402–3, 412, 417, 419–21, 423, 424, 425

reaction of, to stock market crash, 438

relief action of, in Belgium, 129

Hoover, Irwin “Ike,” 258–59, 309, 322, 333, 365, 396

Hoover, J. Edgar, 284

Hope diamond, 217–18

Horrigan, Edward, 193

Houghton Mifflin publishing, 139, 156–57, 174, 188

House of Representatives

first presidential policy speech by Coolidge to, 271–73

Nicholas Longworth as majority leader of, 274

Housewives League, 153

Houston, David, 222, 330

Howell, Robert, 274

Howland, Fred, 401

Hubert, Conrad, 436

Hughes, Charles Evans

as Coolidge’s secretary of state, 251, 256, 258, 262, 263, 269, 275, 280, 282, 309, 313, 324, 356

as Harding’s secretary of state, 210, 218–19, 221, 223, 244

at Pan-American Conference, 407

as presidential candidate, 142

Humor, 48, 58, 219–21.
See also
Rogers, Will

Hungerford, Edward, 87

Hygiene, Republican Party and, 94–95

Hymans, Paul, 422

Ice, Clyde, 375

Ickes, Harold, 304

Immigrants.
See also
Immigration issues

Coolidge and, 107, 415–16

education of, 65, 84, 92

labor unions and, 114–15

voting of, for Coolidge, 183

Winthrop Murray Crane on, 74–75

Immigration issues

in Coolidge administration, 268, 279–80, 285–89

in Harding administration, 223

Immigration Restriction League, 75

Inaction, Coolidge’s, 9

Inaugural balls, Harding administration, 212, 217

Inauguration

as Massachusetts governor, 146–47

as Massachusetts lieutenant governor, 139

as Massachusetts Senate president, 124

as vice-president, 212–14

Inaugurations, Coolidge’s

as president, 326–28

Inclusiveness, Coolidge on, 94

Income tax, Massachusetts state, 140–41

Income tax, national

adoption of, 120

Bureau of Internal Revenue and, 138–39

controversy about, 45–46

in Coolidge administration, 6, 264, 301

in Harding administration, 222, 245–46

Independent Progressive Party, 297–98.
See also
La Follette, Robert

Indians, American.
See
Native Americans

Individual vs. community, 51–52

Industrial Workers of the World, 84

Influenza epidemic, 145–46

Insull, Samuel, 375

Insurance issues, 132, 230–31, 445

Interest rates

in Coolidge administration, 6, 266, 394–95, 425, 427

in Harding administration, 222, 246

as presidential campaign issue, 191, 205

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 154–55

International Workers of the World, 114–15

Interstate Commerce Commission, 95, 144–45, 148, 330, 332

Intimate Papers of Colonel House, The
(book), 427

Investments, 72, 203–4, 342, 425

Irish Americans, 88, 107, 152, 182

Irwin, Richard, 61, 96, 117

Italy, 342, 361, 391, 393, 415, 417, 422, 433

Jackson, Andrew, 50

Jadwin, Edward, 360

Jaffray, Elizabeth, 227–28, 247, 258, 270–71, 298, 314, 322, 343, 347

James, William, 33, 50

Japan, 8, 101, 390, 407

earthquake in, 262

Japanese exclusion provision and, 268, 279, 280, 285, 287–89

peace treaty issues and, 360–61

Jardine, William, 319, 324, 329, 344, 351

Jefferson, Thomas, 19, 58, 353, 370, 384

Johnson, Burges, 230

Johnson, Hiram, 190, 196, 293, 426, 432

Johnson, Lyndon, 7–8

Johnstown Flood, 63–64

J. P. Morgan company, 77, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 112, 117, 118, 120, 122, 127, 129, 147, 192, 200, 207, 295, 377, 392, 437, 440, 446

Judah, Noble Brandon, 407

Judge appointments

in Coolidge administration, 329

in Harding administration, 241

Jungle, The
(book), 94–95

Justice of the Peace office, 101

Kansas City Republican Convention, 402

Keller, Edward, 175

Kellogg, Frank B., 101, 227, 242, 263, 324, 329, 356–57, 361, 365, 392, 394, 396, 398, 403, 407–18, 421, 422, 423, 431, 432, 433

Kellogg, William, 72

Kellogg-Briand Treaty.
See
Peace treaty

Kennedy, John F., 7–8

Kennedy, John J., 86–88, 90, 93

Kent, James, 62

Kidnapping, Lindbergh baby, 449–50

Kilburn, Harvey, 423

King, Mackenzie, 422

King, William, 431

Kinsley, Earle, 234–35

Knab, Frederich, 85

Knickerbocker Trust Company, 102, 106

Kolmer, John, 298–300

Kronprinzessin Cecilie
ship, 125–26, 131, 133, 144, 146, 150, 197, 362, 391.
See also
Mount Vernon
ship

Ku Klux Klan, Coolidge administration and, 6, 295, 334, 336

Labor issues

in Coolidge administration, 256, 262–63

in Harding administration, 234, 241

in Harding presidential campaign, 203

in Massachusetts, 114–16

in presidential campaigns, 189–90

strikes (
see
Strikes)

during World War I, 145

Laddie Boy (dog), 223, 259–60

La Follette, Robert, 240, 273, 290, 293, 297–98, 299, 304–5, 308, 311, 312, 315, 318–19, 320, 323

Lallie, Robert, 162

Landis, Kenesaw, 241

Lane, H. W., 35

Language, economic, 12

Lansing, Robert, 133, 135, 181

Lasker, Albert, 203

Laski, Harold, 160

László, Philip Alexius de, 347

Latin America, 406–7, 412

Lavake, Charles and Rhoda, 64

Law, reading.
See
Hammond and Field law firm

Law and Order
(campaign booklet), 198

Law-and-order issue, 195

Law practice, Coolidge’s

banking and, 72, 105–6

Coolidge’s desire for, 61

passing of bar exam for, 69

post-presidency, 435–36

Ralph Hemenway as partner in, 138

range of clients in, 92

reading law at Hammond and Field law firm, 60–69

starting of, in Northampton, 69–71

Lawrence Citizens’ Association, 115

Lawson, Thomas, 103

League of Nations, 149, 153, 161, 199

Leddy, Frank, 175

Legal education, Coolidge’s, 60–69

Lenroot, Irvine, 195, 201

Levinson, Salmon, 414, 418

Lewis, Deane, 126

Lewis, John L., 153, 181, 184

Lewis, Sinclair, 396, 416, 446

Lewis, William, 38, 128

Liberty Loans (bonds), 143

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