Calvin Coolidge to work jointly with Edward T. Clark, a Massachusetts Republican organizer whom he retained from his vice-presidential staff, as Secretaries to the President (a position equivalent to the modern White House Chief of Staff). Perhaps the most powerful person in Coolidge's Cabinet was Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon, who controlled the administration's financial policies and was regarded by many, including House Minority Leader John Nance Garner, as more powerful than Coolidge himself. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover also held a prominent place in Coolidge's Cabinet, in part because Coolidge found value in Hoover's ability to win positive publicity with
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians learn to shed those elements of their personalities which would make them unfit for Heaven. "Coolidge" was a finalist for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 1989 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and was ranked 9th for the Locus Award for Best Novella. Jo Walton has described "Coolidge" as being "terrific" and "memorable and excellent". The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians is a fantasy / weird fiction novella by Bradley Denton. It was first published in "Fantasy and Science Fiction", in June 1988. It republished in Denton's 1994 collection