John Coolidge John Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge III (September 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000) was an American executive, businessman, and entrepreneur with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and the first son of President Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge. John Coolidge was born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on September 7, 1906. He was the elder of the two children of Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929 and Grace Anna Goodhue (1879–1957), First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. In his autobiography, Calvin Coolidge recorded his impressions of
Mary B. Goodhue Mary B. Goodhue Mary Brier Goodhue (July 24, 1921 – March 24, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. She was born Mary E. Brier on July 24, 1921, in London, England. The family emigrated to the United States, and settled in New York City. She graduated B.A. from Vassar College in 1942, and LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1944. She was admitted to the bar in 1945, and practiced law in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York. In 1962, she married Francis A. Goodhue Jr. (1916–1990), and they had one son. She