Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (John Calvin Coolidge Jr.) was born on July 4th, 1872. Calvin passed away January 5th, 1933 at 60 years old. Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont, USA. Coolidge attended Amherst College where he received a bachelor's degree.
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, and served from 1923 until 1929.
Calvin was a Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, and previously served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923 under President Warren G. Harding, and as the 48th governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921. He gained a reputation as a small-government conservative with a taciturn personality and a dry sense of humor which earned him the nickname of “Silent Cal”.
He started his career as a member of the Massachusetts State House. He rose through the ranks of Massachusetts politics and got elected governor in 1918. As a governor, he ran on the record of fiscal conservatism, strong support for women’s suffrage, and a vague opposition to Prohibition.
His effective and prompt response to the Boston police strike in 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight as a man of decisive action. The next year, he was nominated by the Republican Party as the running mate to Senator Warren G. Harding in the 1920 presidential election, winning in a landslide. He served as vice president until Harding died in 1923, after which Calvin took up the presidency.
During his presidency, he restored public confidence in the White House after the Harding administration’s many scandals. Calvin signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which granted US citizenship to all Native Americans, and oversaw a period of rapid and expansive economic growth that was known as the “Roaring Twenties”, leaving office with a considerable amount of popularity.
He was best known for his hands-off type governing approach and a pro-business stance. He chose not to run again in 1928, remarking that 10 years as president would be much longer than any other man has had it.
Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge offers an urgent lesson for our age of increasingly centralized power, exploding debt, and fierce partisan division.
To read this volume is to understand the tragic extent to which historians underrate President Coolidge. The Coolidge that emerges in these pages is a model of principle, character, and humility, rare qualities in Washington, either then or now.
Today Americans of all backgrounds are on the hunt for a different political model. In fact, such a model is waiting for them, if they just turn their eyes to their own past, to Calvin Coolidge, America’s 30th president.
For all of his modesty, he left behind an expansive legacy, one that we would all do well to study today.
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Calvin Coolidge: F.A.Q
When was Calvin Coolidge Born?
Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4th, 1872.
When did Calvin Coolidge die?
Calvin Coolidge died on January 5th, 1933 at 60 years old.
Where was Calvin Coolidge Born?
Calvin Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont, USA.
What was the first book Calvin Coolidge wrote?
The first book written by Calvin Coolidge was Have Faith In Massachusetts : Speeches And Addresses, published in 1919.
What was the most recent book Calvin Coolidge wrote?
His most recently released work was The Autobiography Of Calvin Coolidge on January 1st, 1929.
How many books has Calvin Coolidge written?
Calvin Coolidge has written 7 books excluding contributions to anthologies. All of his books are Non-Fiction Books.