coolidge from new england, and davis from the south. davis was a democrat who was dedicated to small government, states rights, individual freedom, and free trade, very much in the tradition of jefferson. and coolidge was conservative republican, who shared many of the same jeffersonian ideas of limited government and individual freedom. it's interesting that in 1924, the old progressive war horse, william jennings bryan, observed at the democratic convention in 1929 that davis was a man of fine character, but added with disgust so is mr. coolidge. there's just no difference between them. i think that pretty well summed up how these two men stood in their day. so, let's take a quick look at coolidge. he was product of his era, of his region, the new england