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Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States






Term[]

30th President of the United States
Republican
August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929  (51-56)
Preceded by Warren G. Harding
Succeeded by Herbert Hoover


29th Vice President of the United States
March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923  (48-51)
Preceded by Thomas R. Marshall
Succeeded by Charles G. Dawes


54th Governor of Massachusetts
January 2, 1919 - January 6, 1921  (46-48)
Preceded by Samuel W. McCall
Succeeded by Channing H. Cox


46th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
January 6, 1916 - January 2, 1919  (43-46)
Preceded by Grafton D. Cushing
Succeeded by Channing H. Cox


Data[]

Full Name John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
Born July 4, 1872
Birthplace Plymouth Notch, Vermont
Alma Mater Amherst College  (1895)
Died January 5, 1933  (60 years)
Deathplace Northampton, Massachusetts


Parents[]

John Calvin Coolidge
Born March 31, 1845
Father Calvin Galusha Coolidge  (1815-78) (63 years)
Mother Sarah Almeda Brewer  (1823-1906) (83 years)
Marriage 1868 - 1885  (17 years, widowed)
Died March 18, 1926  (80 years)


Victoria Josephine Moor
Born March 14, 1846
Father Hiram Dunlop Moor  (1812-88) (76 years)
Mother Abigail Franklin  (1811-92) (81 years)
Children 2
Died March 14, 1885  (39 years)


Siblings[]

1. Abigail Gratia Coolidge  (1875-90) (15 years)


Marriages[]

1. Grace Anna Goodhue
Born January 3, 1879
Father Andrew Isaachar Goodhue  (1848-1923) (75 years)
Mother Lemira Barrett  (1849-1929) (80 years)
Marriage October 4, 1905 - January 5, 1933  (27 years, died)
Died July 8, 1957  (78 years)


Children[]

1. John Coolidge
Born September 7, 1906
Wife Florence Trumbull  (1904-98) (94 years)
Marriage September 23, 1929 - February 15, 1998  (68 years, widowed)
Children Cynthia, Lydia
Died May 31, 2000  (93 years)


2. Calvin Coolidge
Born April 13, 1908
Died July 7, 1924  (16 years)


Occupation[]

President of the Massachusetts State Senate  (1914-15)

Member of the Massachusetts State Senate  (1912-15)

Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts  (1910-11)

Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives  (1907-08)

Clerk of the Courts of Hampshire County, Massachusetts  (1902-03)

City Solicitor of Northampton, Massachusetts  (1900-02)

Member of the City Council of Northampton, Massachusetts  (1899-1900)

Lawyer


Presidential Election of 1924[]

1. Calvin Coolidge
Birth/Death 1872 - 1933  (61 years)
State Massachusetts
Occupation Incumbent President of the United States  (1923-29)
Political Party Republican
Vice President

Charles G. Dawes  (1865-1951) (IL)

Former Director of the Bureau of the Budget  (1921-22)

Popular Vote 15, 723, 789  (54.04%)
Electoral Vote 382  (35)


2. John W. Davis
Birth/Death 1873 - 1955  (82 years)
State West Virginia
Occupation Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom  (1918-21)
Political Party Democratic
Vice President

Charles W. Bryan  (1867-1945) (NE)

Governor of Nebraska  (1923-25, 1931-35)

Popular Vote 8, 386, 242  (28.82%)
Electoral Vote 136  (12 states)


3. Robert M. La Follette
Birth/Death 1855 - 1925  (70 years)
State Wisconsin
Occupation U.S. Senator from Wisconsin  (1906-25)
Political Party Progressive
Vice President

Burton K. Wheeler  (1882-1975) (MT)

U.S. Senator from Montana  (1923-47)

Popular Vote 4, 831, 706  (16.61%)
Electoral Vote 13  (1 state)


4. Herman P. Faris
Birth/Death 1858 - 1936  (78 years)
State Missouri
Occupation Banker
Political Party Prohibition
Vice President

Marie C. Brehm  (1859-1925) (CA)

Member of the Women's Legislative Council of California 

Popular Vote 55, 951  (0.19%)
Electoral Vote 0


5. William Z. Foster
Birth/Death 1881 - 1961  (80 years)
State Massachusetts
Occupation Trade Union Leader and Labor Organizer
Political Party Communist
Vice President

Benjamin Gitlow  (1891-1965) (NY)

Lawyer and Author

Popular Vote 38, 669  (0.13%)
Electoral Vote 0


6. Frank T. Johns
Birth/Death 1889 - 1928  (39 years)
State Oregon
Occupation Carpenter and Political Activist
Political Party Socialist Labor
Vice President

Verne L. Reynolds  (1887-1959) (NY)

Oilman, Steamfitter, and Newspaper Advertiser

Popular Vote 28, 633  (0.1%)
Electoral Vote 0


7. Gilbert Nations
Birth/Death 1866 - 1950  (84 years)
State District of Columbia
Occupation Lawyer and Judge
Political Party American
Vice President

Charles Hiram Randall  (1865-1951) (CA)

Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California  (1915-21)

Popular Vote 24, 325  (0.08%)
Electoral Vote 0


Vice President[]

Charles G. Dawes  (1865-1951) IL 1925-29


Cabinet[]

Secretary of State
Charles Evans Hughes  (1862-1948) NY 1923-25
Frank B. Kellogg  (1856-1937) MN 1925-29


Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Mellon  (1855-1937) PA 1923-29


Secretary of War
John W. Weeks  (1860-1926) MA 1923-25
Dwight F. Davis  (1879-1945) MO 1925-29


Attorney General
Harry M. Daugherty  (1860-1941) OH 1923-24
Harlan F. Stone  (1872-1946) NY 1924-25
John G. Sargent  (1860-1939) VT 1925-29


Secretary of the Navy
Edwin Denby  (1870-1929) MI 1923-24
Theodore Roosevelt III  (1887-1944) NY 1924
Curtis D. Wilbur  (1867-1954) CA 1924-29


Postmaster General
Harry Stewart New  (1858-1937) IN 1923-29


Secretary of the Interior
Hubert Work  (1860-1942) CO 1923-28
Roy Owen West  (1868-1958) IL 1928-29


Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Cantwell Wallace  (1866-1924) IA 1923-24
Howard Mason Gore  (1877-1947) WV 1924-25
William Marion Jardine  (1879-1955) KS 1925-29


Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover  (1874-1964) CA 1923-28
William F. Whiting  (1864-1936) MA 1928-29


Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis  (1873-1947) PA 1923-29


United States Supreme Court[]

Chief Justice
William Howard Taft  (1857-1930) OH 1921-30  (9 years)


Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna  (1843-1926) CA 1897-1925  (28 years)
Oliver Wendall Holmes Jr.  (1841-1935) MA 1902-32  (30 years)
Willis Van Deventer  (1859-1941) WY 1910-37  (27 years)
James Clark McReynolds  (1862-1946) TN 1914-41  (27 years)
Louis Brandeis  (1856-1941) MA 1916-39  (23 years)
George Sutherland  (1862-1942) UT 1922-38  (16 years)
Pierce Butler  (1866-1939) MN 1922-39  (17 years)
Edward Terry Sanford  (1865-1930) NC 1923-30  (7 years)
Harlan F. Stone  (1872-1946) NY 1925-41  (16 years)

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