Calvin Coolidge

Grief-Stricken Father and President at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 1924

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ID6192004
AutoresHarold Ivan Smith (0000-0001-5467-5650, Learning in Retirement, Palm Springs, CA, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen33
Número3
Páginas658-683
Fecha de publicación2025-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIllness Crisis & Loss (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1054-1373 • E-ISSN: 1552-6968
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10541373241268152
OpenAlexW4402015822
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas17

On July 7, 1924, Calvin Coolidge Jr., son of Calvin Coolidge, the 30th U.S. president, died from blood poisoning. This paper explores how that death impaired the presidency of Coolidge. Self-blame, questions about God and theodicy, and severe depression significantly impaired his ability to perform presidential responsibilities. Worden's work on “historical antecedents” underpins this paper. To comprehend Coolidge's grief for Calvin, Worden asserted, one must explore his antecedent losses. (Coolidge's beloved mother died when he was 12; his only sister died when he was 17.) Coolidge poorly navigated four major deaths: mother, sister, son, and assumptive world. Coolidge's grief narrative offers insights for clinicians

Art · Blame · Grief · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sister · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Law · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law

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