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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.
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.
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]
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.
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
Listed below are executive orders numbered 3885-A–5075 and presidential proclamations signed by United States President Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929). He issued 1203 executive orders. [8] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations. Signature of Calvin Coolidge
The second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as president of the United States, was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1925, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 35th presidential inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and only full term of Calvin Coolidge as president and the only term of ...
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.