Coolidge Trivia
August 28, 2025
In the August 28 edition of “News from the Notch,” we asked you:
Coolidge is one of three presidents to serve as a mayor and a governor before entering the White House. Who are the other two?
The answer is…
Andrew Johnson and Grover Cleveland. Before becoming president, Johnson had served as mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee, as well as governor of Tennessee. Cleveland was mayor of Buffalo before being elected New York’s governor. Coolidge, meanwhile, became governor of Massachusetts after serving as mayor of Northampton.
August 14, 2025
In the August 14 edition of “News from the Notch,” we asked you:
Which member of the Coolidge administration cowrote a number-one hit song?
The answer is…
Vice President Charles Dawes. Dawes was a bank president in 1911 when he composed “Melody in A Major” for piano and violin. The recording sold well. Songwriter Carl Sigman added lyrics in 1951 — coincidentally, the year Dawes died — and called the song “It’s All in the Game.” Many artists, including Louis Armstrong, Dinah Shore, Nat King Cole, Ricky Nelson, and Van Morrison, have recorded “It’s All in the Game.” But it was Tommy Edwards’s 1958 version that went to number one on the charts.