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
Richard B. Coolidge of Representatives, where he served as the clerk of the judiciary committee. Coolidge served as the mayor of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, from 1923 to 1926. He later served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1928. Coolidge died in Concord, Massachusetts in 1957. Richard B. Coolidge Richard Bradford Coolidge (September 14, 1879 – January 18, 1957) was a Massachusetts politician. Coolidge was born in the Deering Center area of Portland, Maine. He was brother of Massachuestts politician and Lieutenant Governor Arthur W. Coolidge. He was the fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge