Presidents and the Hey Day of Horse Racing in the Federal City
President Richard M. Nixon was the first sitting president to attend the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 1969. In his party that...
Calvin Coolidge
- Artist
- Charles S. Hopkinson
- Date of Work
- 1932
- Medium
- Oil on Canvas
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
Calvin Coolidge
This oil on canvas portrait of Calvin Coolidge was painted by Charles S. Hopkinson in 1932.
This oil on canvas portrait of Calvin Coolidge was painted by Charles S. Hopkinson. Hopkinson was an award-winning painter who studied in New York, Paris, and Spain. Coolidge had served as governor of Massachusetts before becoming Warren G. Harding's vice president. Coolidge became president after Harding died in office and was then elected in his own right in 1924. He left office on March 4, 1929.
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