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1929 · 80113 — New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation c1929. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Ephemera. Good. Single sheet approximately 11 inches by 7 inches tri-folded Text on 5 of the six panels. Rare post-Presidential ephemera. Calvin Coolidge born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; July 4 1872 - January 5 1933 was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from New England born in Vermont Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics eventually becoming governor of Massachusetts. His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. The next year he was elected vice president of the United States and he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924 he gained a reputation as a small government conservative and also as a man who said very little and had a rather dry sense of humor. Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration and left office with considerable popularity. As a Coolidge biographer wrote: "He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength". He is praised by advocates of smaller government and laissez-faire economics while supporters of an active central government generally view him less favorably although most praise his stalwart support of racial equality. Allan Louis Benson November 6 1871 - August 19 1940 was an American newspaper editor and author who ran as the Socialist Party of America candidate for President of the United States in 1916. he 1916 campaign was run by Benson and the Socialist Party primarily through the newspapers with Benson concentrating his fire on the country's "Preparedness" campaign. The campaign proved manifestly unsuccessful with Benson capturing only half of the nearly 1 million votes cast for Gene Debs in the 1912 campaign. Benson and his running mate George R. Kirkpatrick ultimately received 590524 votes for just 3.2% of the total vote. Daniel Webster January 18 1782 October 24 1852 was an American statesman who twice served in the United States House of Representatives served as a U. S. Senator from Massachusetts 1827 1841 and 1845 1850 and was twice the United States Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler 1841 1843 and Millard Fillmore 1850 1852 . Along with James G. Blaine he is one of only two people who have served as Secretary of State under three presidents. He also sought the Whig Party nomination for President three times: in 1836 1840 and 1852. Benson wrote "I have tried in this book by blending the incomplete pictures of Webster's friends to present a complete portrait not merely of Webster the statesman but of Webster the man with all his delightful drolleries and not without some attention to his weaknesses. Also I have tried to show that the historians of his day never gave him his due. He seems to be to have been the only American statesman of his day who advocated a course that if followed would eventually have done away with chattel slavery without a civil war. " This is a remarkable item--a former President commenting on a biography of an American Statesman written by a former Presidential candidate. It is particularly relevant for President Coolidge to review a biography of Daniel Webster since they shared such strong New England roots. President Coolidge summed up his review of Benson's biography of Daniel Webster by stating "His life and works deserve fare more study than they receive. Mr. Benson has brought into his book much material that I have not seen before in print. He has effectively answered many criticisms correctly represented Mr. Webster as a great intellect an able lawyer a wise statesman and left him also as a human being entitled to our admiration our sympathy and our love." This is a generally overlooked or forgotten item in the Oeuvre of President Calvin Coolidge which provides significant insight into how he reflected both on the work of the biographer and on the subject of the biography. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation unknown