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Calvin Coolidge

The Thirtieth President • 1923-1929

Calvin Coolidge

“The New Englander”


Biographical Facts

Birth: Plymouth Notch, Vermont, July 4, 1872

Ancestry: English

Father: John Calvin Coolidge
Birth: Plymouth Notch, Vermont, March 31, 1845
Death: Plymouth Notch, Vermont, March 18, 1926
Occupations: Storekeeper; Farmer

Mother: Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge
Birth: Plymouth Notch, Vermont, March 14, 1846
Death: Plymouth Notch, Vermont, March 14, 1885

Sister: Abigail Coolidge (1875-1890)

Marriage: Burlington, Vermont, October 4, 1905
Wife: Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge
Birth: Burlington, Vermont, January 3, 1879
Death: Northampton, Massachusetts, July 8, 1957
Children: John Coolidge (1906-); Calvin Coolidge (1908-1924)

Religious Affiliation: Congregationalist

Education: Plymouth district school; Black River Academy; St. Johnsbury Academy; Amherst College (B.A., 1895)

Occupation Before Presidency: Lawyer

Prepresidential Offices: Member Massachusetts House of Representatives; Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts; Member and President of Massachusetts Senate; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; Governor of Massachusetts; United States Vice President

Inauguration Age: 51

Occupation After Presidency: Writer

Death: Northampton, Massachusetts, January 5, 1933

Place of Burial: Plymouth Cemetery, Plymouth, Vermont



 
First Administration

Inauguration: August 3, 1923; Plymouth Notch, Vermont

Secretary of State: Charles Evans Hughes

Secretary of the Treasury: Andrew W. Mellon

Secretary of War: John W. Weeks

Attorney General: Harry M. Daugherty; Harlan F. Stone (from April 9, 1924)

Postmaster General: Harry S. New

Secretary of the Navy: Edwin Denby; Curtis D. Wilbur (from March 18, 1924)

Secretary of the Interior: Hubert Work

Secretary of Agriculture: Henry C. Wallace; Howard M. Gore (from November 22, 1924)

Secretary of Commerce: Herbert C. Hoover

Secretary of Labor: James J. Davis

Congress #68 (December 3, 1923-March 3, 1925):
Senate: 51 Republicans; 43 Democrats; 2 Others
House: 225 Republicans; 207 Democrats; 3 Others



 
Second Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1925; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Charles G. Dawes

Secretary of State: Frank B. Kellogg; Dwight F. Davis (from October 14, 1925)

Secretary of the Treasury: Andrew W. Mellon

Secretary of War: John W. Weeks

Attorney General: John G. Sargent

Postmaster General: Harry S. New

Secretary of the Navy: Curtis D. Wilbur

Secretary of the Interior: Hubert Work; Roy O. West (from January 21, 1929)

Secretary of Agriculture: William M. Jardine

Secretary of Commerce: Herbert C. Hoover; William F. Whiting (from December 11, 1928)

Secretary of Labor: James J. Davis

Supreme Court Appointment: Harlan Fiske. Stone (1925)

Congress #69 (December 7, 1925-March 3, 1927):
Senate: 54 Republicans; 40 Democrats; 1 Other
House: 247 Republicans; 183 Democrats; 5 Others

Congress #70 (December 5, 1927-March 3, 1929):
Senate: 48 Republicans; 47 Democrats; 1 Other
House: 237 Republicans; 195 Democrats; 3 Others


Election of 1916
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
Calvin Coolidge
(Republican)
382 15,719,921
John W. Davis
(Democrat)
136 8,386,704
Robert M. La Follette
(Progressive)
13 4,832,532



 
 

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