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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Republican President Calvin Coolidge won election to a full term. Coolidge was the second vice president, after Theodore Roosevelt, to ascend to the presidency and then win a full term.
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.
After the 1924 election, many pundits assumed that Coolidge would seek another term in 1928, but Coolidge had other plans. While on vacation in mid-1927, Coolidge issued a terse statement, " I do not choose to run ", for a second full term as president. [ 143 ]
President Coolidge stands with four Osage Indians at a White House ceremony. The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924) was an Act of the United States Congress that declared Indigenous persons born within the United States are US citizens.
The 1924 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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]
Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President Calvin Coolidge, over the Democratic nominee, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis. Coolidge won Pennsylvania by a landslide ...