"[175] In his memoirs, Coolidge explained his decision not to run: "The Presidential office takes a heavy toll of those who occupy it and those who are dear to them. While we should not refuse to spend and be spent in the service of our country, it is hazardous to attempt what we feel is beyond our strength to accomplish."[176] After leaving office, he and Grace returned to Northampton, where he wrote his memoirs. The Republicans retained the White House in 1928 with a landslide by Herbert Hoover. Coolidge had been reluctant to endorse Hoover as his successor; on one occasion he remarked that "for six years that man has given me unsolicited advice – all of it bad."[177] Even so, Coolidge had no desire to split the party by publicly opposing the nomination of the popular commerce secretary.[178]

Post-presidency (1929–1933)
Coolidge addressing a crowd at Arlington National Cemetery's Roman-style Memorial Amphitheater in 1924
After his presidency, Coolidge retired to a spacious home in Northampton, "The Beeches".[179] He kept a Hacker runabout boat on the Connecticut River and was often observed on the water by local boating enthusiasts. 