Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge was the only son of a Vermont storekeeper. He was born in the house at the rear of his father's combined general store and post office in Plymouth Notch. In 1891 he enrolled in Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. His favorite subjects at college were philosophy and speech. Following his graduation from Amherst in 1895, Coolidge studied law in Northampton, Massachusetts. The following year he opened his own law office in Northampton, and …showed first 75 words of 606 total…

…showed last 75 words of 606 total…his withdrawal from public life. Coolidge passed his remaining years quietly after turning the presidential office over to Hoover on March 4, 1929. He wrote his Autobiography, published in magazine in 1929 and later in book form. He also published articles encouraging individualism and a laissez-faire economic policy. The Great Depression began soon after Coolidge left the office. Meanwhile, Coolidge's health was failing. In January 1933, two months before Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated, Coolidge died at his Northampton home.