Editing Calvin Coolidge (section)

==Early life and family history==
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born on July 4, 1872, in [[Plymouth, Vermont|Plymouth Notch]], [[Vermont]]—the only U.S. president to be born on [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]. He was the elder of the two children of [[John Calvin Coolidge Sr.]] (1845–1926) and Victoria Josephine Moor (1846–1885). Although named for his father, from early childhood Coolidge was addressed by his middle name. The name Calvin was used in multiple generations of the Coolidge family, apparently selected in honor of [[John Calvin]], the [[Protestant Reformer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pilgrim's Faith: Coolidge and Religion |url=https://www.coolidgefoundation.org/blog/the-pilgrims-faith-coolidge-and-religion/ |website=www.coolidgefoundation.org |access-date=December 15, 2019}}</ref>

Coolidge Senior engaged in many occupations and developed a statewide reputation as a prosperous farmer, storekeeper, and public servant. He held various local offices, including [[justice of the peace]] and tax collector and served in both houses of the [[Vermont General Assembly]].{{sfn|Sobel|1998a|p=22}} When Coolidge was 12 years old, his chronically ill mother died at the age of 39, perhaps from [[tuberculosis]]. His younger sister, Abigail Grace Coolidge (1875–1890), died at the age of 15, probably of appendicitis, when Coolidge was 18. Coolidge's father married a Plymouth schoolteacher in 1891, and lived to the age of 80.{{sfnm|Fuess|1940|1p=17|McCoy|1967|2p=5|White|1938|3p=11}}

Coolidge's earliest American ancestor, John Coolidge, emigrated from [[Cottenham]], [[Cambridgeshire]], England, around 1630 and settled in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]].{{sfn|Fuess|1940|p=12}} Coolidge also descended from [[Samuel Appleton (born 1625)|Samuel Appleton]], who settled in [[Ipswich, Massachusetts|Ipswich]] and led the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] during [[King Philip's War]].{{sfn|Roberts|1995|p=199}} Coolidge's great-great-grandfather, another John Coolidge, was an American military officer in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] and one of the first [[Board of Selectmen|selectmen]] of the town of Plymouth.{{sfn|Fuess|1940|p=7}} 

His grandfather [[Calvin Galusha Coolidge]] served in the Vermont House of Representatives.{{sfn|Sobel|1998a|p=24}} His cousin [[Park Pollard]] was a businessman in [[Cavendish, Vermont]], and the longtime chair of the Vermont Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109215454/pollard-1923/|title=Bold Park Pollard|newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]|via=[[Brattleboro Reformer]]|date=August 17, 1923|access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kingsbury |first=Barbara B. |date=1994 |title=Chubb Hill Farm and Cavendish, Vermont: A Family and Town History, 1876–1960 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XE4jAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Sarah+Pollard%27s+sister+,+Victoria+Moor+Coolidge+,+was+his+mother+.+%22 |location=Cavendish, VT |publisher=Cavendish Historical Society |page=101 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Coolidge's mother was the daughter of Hiram Dunlap Moor, a Plymouth Notch farmer, and Abigail Franklin.{{sfn|Coolidge|1929|p=12}}<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
File:PlymouthVT_CalvinCoolidgeHouse.jpg|The [[Coolidge Homestead]] in [[Plymouth Notch, Vermont]]
File:CoolidgeAmherst.png|Coolidge as an [[Amherst College]] undergraduate
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