The sudden death of president harding. Is ato set the stage coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, and author of other books. Welcome to the program. Arrival ofut the Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepared was he for the job . Why prepared, because he had been a politician all his life. President coolidge is one of those men who started small on the city council as City Solicitor in massachusetts, and went all the way up the ladder in the state of massachusetts, and then to Vice President. One can never be prepared for a shock like the death of a president , but he was quite prepared professionally. Raise coolidge was at his side all along that way in public life. How ready was she for the white house . She didnt think she was. She wrote to her Sorority Sisters and pray for me, friends. Wifead been a politicians and she had quite a realistic view of politics and that particular job. She called this kind of marriage a double harness. That is not a phrase we would use now