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The buttons featured the faces of Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes. Today, the mementos are rare collectibles. Crowds gathered outside the Capitol to watch the inauguration.
Looks at Coolidge as a radio personality, and how radio figured in the campaign, the national conventions, and the election result. Tucker, Garland S., III. The high tide of American conservatism: Davis, Coolidge, and the 1924 election (2010) online; Unger, Nancy C. (2000). Fighting Bob La Follette: The Righteous Reformer. Chapel Hill ...
Coolidge faced a challenge from California Senator Hiram Johnson and Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette in the 1924 Republican primaries. Coolidge fended off his progressive challengers with convincing wins in the Republican primaries, and was assured of the 1924 presidential nomination by the time the convention began. [9]
Coolidge rejected calls to forgive Europe's debt or lower tariffs on European goods, but the Occupation of the Ruhr in 1923 stirred him to action. On Secretary of State Hughes's initiative, Coolidge appointed Charles Dawes to lead an international commission to reach an agreement on Germany's reparations.
Elections were held on November 4, 1924. The Republican Party retained control of the presidency and both chambers of Congress. In the presidential election, Republican President Calvin Coolidge (who took office on August 2, 1923, upon the death of his predecessor, Warren G. Harding) was elected to serve a full term, defeating Democratic nominee, former Ambassador John W. Davis and Progressive ...
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]
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.
The 1920 Republican National Convention nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding for president and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge for vice president.The convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, at the Chicago Coliseum from June 8 to June 12, 1920, with 940 delegates.