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John Calvin Coolidge Jr. [1] (/ ˈ k uː l ɪ dʒ / KOOL-ij; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929.A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923 under President Warren G. Harding, and as the 48th governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921.
Calvin Coolidge's tenure as the 30th president of the United States began on August 2, 1923, when Coolidge became president upon Warren G. Harding's death, and ended on March 4, 1929. A Republican from Massachusetts , Coolidge had been vice president for 2 years, 151 days when he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Harding.
June 2 – Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act and the Revenue Act of 1924 into law. June 7 – Coolidge signs the Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 into law. June 10–12 – Coolidge is chosen as the 1924 presidential nominee for the Republican Party. July 7 – Coolidge's son, Calvin Coolidge Jr., dies of sepsis at the age of 16. [12]
Coolidge was born in the rear of the general store in the foreground and the Coolidge's still operative cheese company is in the distance in the background. The home was bought by his father, John Coolidge, who expanded it from a simple 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story farm house to its present size and appearance today. The first inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
The 1928 State of the Union Address was given by the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, to a joint session of the 70th United States Congress on December 4, 1928. Delivered at a time of economic prosperity and international peace, Coolidge's message highlighted the nation's growing wealth, peaceful international relations ...
On foreign policy, the President mentioned his support of an international court of justice. On the topic of Prohibition, the President supported its enforcement. On the topic of civil rights for African Americans the President said: [1] But it does mean the full right to liberty and equality before the law without distinction of race or creed.
Vice President Calvin Coolidge was visiting his family property, the Coolidge Homestead, in Vermont, which did not have electricity or a telephone, when he received word by messenger of Harding's death. [3] As the new president, Coolidge intended to take the oath of office and greet reporters who had assembled outside.
It was Coolidge's first State of the Union Address and his first speech to a joint session of the United States Congress after assuming the presidency upon the death of Warren G. Harding four months earlier in 1923. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Frederick H. Gillett, accompanied by Senate president pro tempore Albert B ...