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
Grace Coolidge occupied what is now known as the Calvin Coolidge House until 1930. Calvin Coolidge's political career took off in 1907 when he was elected to the Massachusetts General Court. After his term in the state legislature ended, he served three consecutive one-year terms as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1918), and one term as Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921). In 1920, he was elected Vice President and took office in March 1921. Grace did not maintain much of a public profile. The Coolidges had two sons, John (1906–2000) and Calvin (1908–1924) In 1921, as wife of the Vice President of the United