John Calvin Coolidge

30th President of the United States, American politician, 1872-1933

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John Calvin Coolidge, born July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, was the 30th President of the United States (1923-1929). A lawyer by training, he rose through Massachusetts politics, becoming governor in 1918. His firm handling of the 1919 Boston Police Strike brought him national fame. Vice President under Warren G. Harding, he succeeded him upon his death in 1923. Elected in 1924, he presided over the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties, with tax cuts and debt reduction. He signed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Nicknamed 'Silent Cal' for his taciturnity, he chose not to run again in 1928. He died in 1933.

Key milestones

1923Becomes president after Harding's death, sworn in by his father at 2:30 a.m.
1924Signs the Indian Citizenship Act, granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.
1928Declines to run again with the laconic statement: 'I do not choose to run for President in 1928.'

Themes

Fiscal conservatismEconomic prosperityCivil rightsFederal regulationTaciturnity

Sources: whitehousehistory.org · coolidgefoundation.org · loc.gov

“We do not need more national development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.”

— John Calvin CoolidgeTheme · Spirituality

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“has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

— John Calvin CoolidgeTheme · Science

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