Calvin Coolidge
Thirtieth President (August 3, 1923-March 4, 1929)
Calvin Coolidge Facts
NICKNAME
Silent Cal
BIRTH
July 4, 1872 at Plymouth Notch, Vermont
MOTHER
Victoria Josephine Moor
FATHER
John Calvin Coolidge
SISTER
Abigail
BROTHERS
None
MARRIAGE
Grace Anna Goodhue October 4, 1905
in Burlington, Vermont
CHILDREN
John and Calvin
HOME
Coolidge Homestead, Plymouth Notch, Vermont
EDUCATION
Plymouth district school
Black River Academy
St. Johnsbury Academy
Amherst College, 1895
RELIGION
Congregationalist
PRE-PRESIDENCY PROFESSION
Lawyer
MILITARY SERVICE
None
POLITICAL LIFE
Northampton (Massachusetts) city council (1899-1900)
Northampton city solicitor (1900-1902)
Hampshire County clerk of courts (1903)
Massachusetts General Court member (1907-1908)
Northampton Mayor (1910-1911)
Massachusetts State Senator (1912-1915)
Massachusetts State Senator President (1914-1915
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916-1918)
Governor of Massachusetts (1919-1923)
vice President (1921-1923)
US President, one term (Assumed the office upon President Harding's death)
POLITICAL PARTY
Republican
INAUGURATION
August 3, 1923 in Plymouth Notch, Vt.
at the age of 51
Calvin Coolidge - Inaugural Address
Calvin Coolidge Administration
PRESIDENCY
One term (August 3, 1923-March 4, 1929)
VICE PRESIDENT
Charles G. Dawes (1925-1929)
FIRST LADY
Grace Goodhue Coolidge (1923-1929)
Facts about Grace Coolidge
Biography of Grace Coolidge
SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Harlan Fiske Stone (1925)
Calvin Coolidge Cabinet
SECRETARY OF STATE
Charles Evans Hughes (1921-1925)
Frank B. Kellogg (1925-1929)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Andrew W. Mellon (1923-1929)
SECRETARY OF WAR
John W. Weeks (1921-1925)
Dwight F. Davis (1925-1929)
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Harry M. Daugherty (1921-1924)
Harlan Fiske Stone (1924-1925)
John G. Sargent (1925-1929)
POSTMASTER GENERAL
Harry S. New (1923-1929)
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Edwin Denby (1921-1924)
Curtis D. Wilbur (1924-1929)
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Hubert Work (1923-1928)
Roy O. West (1928-1929)
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Henry C. Wallace (1921-1924)
Howard M. Gore (1924-1925)
William M. Jardine (1925-1929)
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
Herbert Hoover (1921-1928)
William Whiting (1928-1929)
SECRETARY OF LABOR
James J. Davis (1923-1929)
POST PRESIDENCY LIFE
Writer
DEATH
January 5, 1933 Northampton, Mass. at the age of 60
BURIAL PLACE
Hillside Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
LANDMARKS
Plymouth, Vt. (birthplace and homestead)
Northampton, Mass. (library and homestead)
Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
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