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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—USCalvin COOLIDGE
(1872-1933)
COOLIDGE, Calvin, a Vice
President and 30th President of the United States; born John Calvin
Coolidge in Plymouth, Windsor County, Vt., July 4, 1872, but
dropped John from his name upon graduating from college; attended
the public schools, Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt., and St.
Johnsbury Academy; graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts,
in 1895; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced
practice in Northampton, Mass.; member of the city council in 1899;
city solicitor 1900-1902; clerk of courts in 1904; member, State
house of representatives 1907-1908; resumed the practice of his
profession in Northampton; elected mayor of Northampton in 1910 and
1911; member, State senate 1912-1915, and served as president of
that body in 1914 and 1915; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts
1916-1918; Governor of Massachusetts 1919-1920; elected Vice
President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by
Warren G. Harding in 1920; was inaugurated on March 4, 1921, and
served until August 3, 1923; upon the death of President Warren G.
Harding became President of the United States on August 3, 1923;
elected President of the United States in 1924 for the term
expiring March 3, 1929; was not a candidate for renomination in
1928; served as chairman of the Nonpartisan Railroad Commission and
as honorary president of the Foundation of the Blind; died at
‘The Beeches,’ Northampton, Mass., January 5, 1933;
interment in Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
Bibliography
Coolidge, Calvin. The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. New
York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp., 1929; McCoy, Donald. Calvin
Coolidge: The Quiet President. New York: Macmillan, 1967.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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