calvin coolidge

     

John Calvin Coolige, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His actions during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight. Soon after, he was elected as the twenty-ninth Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of Warren G. Harding. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative.

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  • Harding's veep, he succeeded Harding as president
  • President who said, "If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it"
  • H.L. Mencken said his chief feat "was to sleep more than any other president"
  • "Silent Cal"
  • He was nicknamed "Red" as a child, but you know him better as "Silent Cal"
  • He "was a shy, silent... Republican who led the U.S. during the boisterous Jazz Age"
  • Appropriately, this "silent" president's VP, Charles Dawes, criticized the Senate for filibustering
  • On August 3, 1923 at 2:47 A.M. he was sworn in as President of the United States by his father
  • In the late 19-teens, he was the governor of Massachusetts
  • John, Calvin
  • In 1926 he became the only living president to appear on a U.S. coin, a sesquicentennnial half dollar
  • Plymouth Notch, Vermont
  • It's said that when told of a bet to get more than 2 words out of him, he said, "You Lose"
  • Following 2 years as veep & 6 years as president, this man died in 1933
  • On August 2, 1927 this president said, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928"
  • The last president who never flew in an airplane, he took office in 1923
  • "The Quiet President"
  • In 1919 this future pres. mobilized the Mass. Militia to restore order in the Boston police strike
  • In 1933 this president left a will consisting of a single sentence, leaving everything to his wife
  • Told of this president's death in 1933, Dorothy Parker supposedly asked, "How can they tell?"
  • It's said this silent pres. liked to eat breakfast in bed while having Vaseline rubbed on his head
  • While he was vacationing at his father's Vermont home, word reached him that Harding had died
  • Acid Logic Novel
  • A 1924 poster for this candidate featured an electric fan
  • Let's not keep silent about the fact that this president was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont in 1872
  • Sworn in by his dad /Quiet outside hid deep pain /Out before the crash
  • Orson Bean's great-grandmother & this "silent" president's mother were sisters
  • He kept cool with Charles Dawes in 1924
  • When Harding died suddenly, this man became the top man at the White House & in the nation
  • For exercise, this president seen here liked to swing Indian clubs
  • Voter turnout was about 49%, the lowest since 1924, when this president defeated John W. Davis
  • What he really said in 1925 was that "the chief business of the American people is business"
  • July 4, 1872 in Plymouth, Vermont
  • This 30th president noted, "When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results"
  • Here's this president's wife Grace with their pet raccoon Rebecca

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