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Calvin Coolidge
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| | Order: | 30th President |
| Term of Office: | August 3, 1923 - March 4, 1929 |
| Predecessor: | Warren G. Harding |
| Successor: | Herbert Hoover |
| Date of Birth | Thursday, July 4, 1872 |
| Place of Birth: | Plymouth, Vermont |
| Date of Death: | Tuesday, January 5, 1933 |
| Place of Death: | Northampton, Massachusetts |
| First LadyFirst Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President of the United States, and the title is sometimes taken to apply only to the wife of a sitting pres: | Grace CoolidgeGrace Anna Goodhue Coolidge ( January 3, 1879 July 8, 1957) was wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Grace Anna Goodhue grew up in the Green Mountain city of Burlington, Vermont, the only child of Andrew and Lemir |
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| Vice PresidentThe Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is "a heartbeat from the presidency. As first in the presidential line of succession, the Vice President becomes the new Presi: | Charles G. DawesCharles Gates Dawes ( August 27, 1865 April 23, 1951) was the 30th Vice President of the United States. Dawes was born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, and graduated from Marietta College in 1884 and from the Cincinnati Law School in 1886. He was adm |
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John Calvin Coolidge Jr. ( July 4, 1872– January 5, 1933) was the twenty-ninth ( 1921- 1923) Vice President and the thirtieth ( 1923- 1929) President of the United States, succeeding to that office upon the death of Warren Harding.
1 Biography
He was born in Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont on July 4, 1872 to John Coolidge and Victoria Moore. He dropped John from his name upon graduating from college. He attended Amherst College, Massachusetts, graduating in 1895. He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was a member of the city council in 1899, city solicitor from 1900- 1902, clerk of courts in 1904, and a member of the State house of representatives 1907- 1908. In 1905, Coolidge married Grace Anna Goodhue. They were complete opposites personality-wise. She was talkative and fun-loving and Coolidge was quiet and serious. Not long after their marriage Coolidge handed her a bag with 52 pairs of holey socks. Grace's reply was "Did you marry me to darn your socks?" Without cracking a smile and with his usual seriousness, Calvin answered, "No, but I find it mighty handy."
Coolidge was elected mayor of Northampton in 1910 and 1911, was a member of the State senate 1912- 1915, serving as president of that body in 1914 and 1915. He was lieutenant governor of the state 1916- 1918, and Governor 1919- 1920. He was known nationally when the Boston police went on strike. He said, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime."
