Christopher Coolidge Jeter is the great-grandson of President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge, and serves as a trustee of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation. Mr. Jeter has spent […]
Read MoreThe Medical Context of Calvin Jr.’s Untimely Death
July 7, 2014
This week marks the 90th anniversary of the sad and untimely death of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., President Calvin Coolidge’s younger son. The general story is well-known: while playing lawn tennis with his brother on the White House grounds, sixteen-year-old Calvin, Jr. developed a blister atop the third toe of his right foot. Before long, the boy began to feel ill and ran a fever. Signs of a blood infection appeared, but despite doctors’ best efforts, young Calvin, Jr. was dead within a week.
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