Calvin Coolidge

Described as

president of the United States from 1923 to 1929

Other names

J. C. Coolidge, Silent Cal Coolidge, John Calvin Coolidge, John Calvin Coolidge Jr., President Coolidge, Silent Cal, C. Coolidge

Born

July 4, 1872 · 12 references

Died

January 5, 1933 · 13 references

Born in

Plymouth Notch

Died in

Northampton · 1 reference

Buried in

Plymouth Notch Cemetery · 1 reference

Cause of death

myocardial infarction

Name at birth

John Calvin

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

politician · 1 reference; lawyer; statesperson; autobiographer · 1 reference; jurist · 1 reference

Positions held

President of the United States (1923–1929); member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1907–1908); Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921); Vice President of the United States (1921–1923); President of the Massachusetts Senate (1914–1915); member of the State Senate of Massachusetts (1912–1915); Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916–1919); Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts (1910–1912)

Political party

Republican Party

Education

Amherst College; St. Johnsbury Academy · 1 reference

Spouse

Grace Coolidge (1905–1933) · 2 references

Children

John Coolidge; Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Father

John Calvin Coolidge, Sr.

Mother

Victoria Josephine Moor · 1 reference

Religion

Congregational churches; Protestantism · 1 reference

Lived in

Massachusetts

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) · 1 reference

Wikipedias with a page

161

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Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; 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 served from 1921 to 1923 as the 29th vice president, under President Warren G. Harding, and from 1919 to 1921 as the 48th governor of Massachusetts. Coolidge gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, with a taciturn personality and dry sense of humor that earned him the nickname "Silent Cal".
Coolidge began his career as a member of the Massachusetts State House. He rose up the ranks of Massachusetts politics and was elected governor in 1918. As governor, Coolidge ran on the record of fiscal conservatism, strong support for women's suffrage, and vague opposition to Prohibition. Despite his tardy response, Coolidge's involvement in the Boston police strike in 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight as a man of decisive action. The following year, the Republican Party nominated Coolidge as the running mate to Senator Warren G. Harding in the 1920 presidential election, which they won in a landslide. Coolidge served as vice president until Harding's death in 1923, after which he assumed the presidency.
During his presidency, Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the Harding administration's many scandals. He signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans, along with the Immigration Act of 1924, which aimed at limiting immigration from outside the Western Hemisphere and established the United States Border Patrol; and oversaw a period of rapid and expansive economic growth known as the "Roaring Twenties", leaving office with considerable popularity. Coolidge was known for his hands-off governing approach and pro-business stance; biographer Claude Fuess wrote: "He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions. That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength." Coolidge chose not to run again in 1928, remarking that ten years as president would be "longer than any other man has had it—too long!"
Coolidge is widely admired for his stalwart support of racial equality during a period of heightened racial tension, and he is highly regarded by advocates of smaller government and laissez-faire economics; supporters of an active central government generally view him far less favorably. His critics argue that he failed to use the country's economic boom to help struggling farmers and workers in other flailing industries, and there is still much debate among historians about the extent to which Coolidge's economic policies contributed to the onset of the Great Depression, which began seven months after he left office. Scholars consistently have ranked Coolidge in the lower half of U.S. presidents, however, such surveys since the 21st century have ranked him more mediocrely rather than assessing him as a failure.

Born, in its opening lines

July 4, 1872

Died, in its opening lines

January 5, 1933

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