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Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929

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    Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont on July 4, 1872, the son of a local storekeeper.  As a young man he was graduated from Amherst college, and he entered in to law practice in Northampton, Massachusetts.  He entered into local politics, and he eventually rose to become that state's Governor.  In 1920 he ran for Vice-President on the ticket of Warren G. Harding, and became President after Harding's death in 1923.  He was elected for a second term in 1924.  As President, Coolidge was very conservative, favoring tax cuts, American isolationism, and opposing farm relief measures.  Although cordial and accessible, Coolidge was known to be soft-spoken and often spend little time performing official Presidential duties.  Coolidge did not run for a third term in 1928, and he died in 1933.  
 

 

Online Calvin Coolidge Resources:

Calvin Coolidge Page - Contains a Coolidge biography, quotes, trivia, and other information.

Coolidge World - Contains a Coolidge picture gallery, and Coolidge links and trivia.

 

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