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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