Calvin Galusha Coolidge (September 22, 1815 – December 15, 1878) was an American farmer and politician.

Background

Calvin G. Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont. His parents were Calvin Coolidge (1780–1853) and Sarah Thompson (1789–1856). Coolidge was a farmer. He served in local government as a justice of the peace, constable, and

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. He served in the

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in 1860 and 1861. He was the father of

John Calvin Coolidge Sr. John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (March 31, 1845 – March 18, 1926) was an American politician and businessman from Vermont, and the father of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States. The senior Coolidge administered the president ...

, who also served in the

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, and the grandfather of

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously ...

, the 30th

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. Coolidge died in Plymouth, Vermont in 1878 at the age of 63.'Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont,' Roster of the Members of the Vermont House of Representatives, October Session 1860, E. P. Walton-printer, Montpelier, Vermont: 1860, pg. 9

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* 1815 births 1878 deaths People from Plymouth, Vermont Members of the Vermont House of Representatives Farmers from Vermont Calvin Galusha 19th-century members of the Vermont General Assembly {{Vermont-politician-stub