CCoolidge




	Calvin Coolidge
			30th President of the United States		August 3, 1923 to March 3, 1929



			Born: July 4, 1872, in Plymouth, Vermont		Died: January 5, 1933, in Northampton, Massachusetts
			Father: John Calvin Coolidge		Mother: Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge
			Religion: Congregationalist		Education: Graduated from Amherst College (1895)
			Occupation: Lawyer		Political Party: Republican
			Nickname: "Silent Cal"

Married: Grace Anna Goodhue (1879-1957), on October 4, 1905

Children: John Coolidge (1906- ); Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (1908-24)

Other Government Positions:	Northampton, MA City Councilman, 1899 City Solicitor, 1900-01 Clerk of Courts, 1904 Member of Massachusetts Legislature, 1907-08 Mayor of Northampton, MA, 1910-11 Member of Massachusetts Legislature, 1912-15 Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-18 Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-20 Vice President, 1921-23
Points of Interest:	prosecution of Teapot Dome oil scandals Bill reducing immigration passed (1924) Soldiers' Bonus Bill passed over presidential veto (1924) Senate votes adherence to the World Court but with reservations unacceptable to Court (1926) Marines sent to Nicaragua (1927) Coolidge Naval Disarmament Conference at Geneva fails (1927) Kellogg-Briand Treaty ("Pact of Paris" denouncing war) signed (1928)

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