OVERVIEW:

BORN:
July 4, 1872;
Plymouth Notch, Vermont

DIED:
January 5, 1933 (age 60)
Northampton, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Amherst College

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1897:
Admitted to Massachusetts bar
1898
Opened law office in Northampton, Mass.
1905
Married Grace Anna Goodhue (died 1957)
1907-1908:
Member, Massachusetts House of Representatives
1910-1911:
Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts
1912-1915:
Member, Massachusetts Senate
1914-1915:
President, Massachusetts Senate
1916-1918:
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1919-1921:
Governor of Massachusetts
1921-1923:
Vice President of the United States
1923-1929:
30th President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

White House
The Miller Center
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
History Channel
Obituary (New York Times)
Coolidge Presidential Library
Coolidge Presidential Foundation
Speeches (Coolidge Foundation, Miller Center)
Papers (American Presidency Project)
Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
National Archives
Library of Congress
The Coolidge Era (Library of Congress)

NOTABLE BOOKS:

**THE QUIET PRESIDENT** by Donald R. McCoy

**COOLIDGE: AN AMERICAN ENIGMA** by Robert Sobel

1923 OATH OF OFFICE:

MEDIA COVERAGE:
New York Times

1924 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
CALVIN COOLIDGE (PRESIDENT)
CHARLES G. DAWES (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 382 (71.9%)
Popular Vote: 15,724,310 (54.0%)

DEMOCRATS:
JOHN W. DAVIS (PRESIDENT)
CHARLES W. BRYAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 136 (25.6%)
Popular Vote: 8,386,532 (28.8%)

PROGRESSIVE:
ROBERT LAFOLLETE (PRESIDENT)
BURTON K. WHEELER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 13 (2.4%)
Popular Vote: 4,827,184 (16.6%)

1925 INAUGURATION:

CoolidgeInaug — President Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge, and Senator Curtis on the way to the Capitol for the Inauguration on March 4, 1925. (Library of Congress)

1925 Address (Transcript , Video)
Library of Congress (1923, 1925)
Joint Congressional Committee (1923, 1925)

COOLIDGE ADMINISTRATION:

Coolidge_Cabinet — Coolidge’s cabinet in 1924, outside the White House Front row, left to right: Harry Stewart New, John W. Weeks, Charles Evans Hughes, Coolidge, Andrew Mellon, Harlan F. Stone, Curtis D. Wilbur Back row, left to right, James J. Davis, Henry C. Wallace, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Work. (Library of Congress)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
Henry C. Wallace (1921–1924)
Howard M. Gore (1924–1925)
William M. Jardine (1925–1929)

BUDGET DIRECTOR:
Herbert M. Lord (1922-1929)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
Herbert C. Hoover (1921–1928)
William F. Whiting (1928–1929)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Hubert Work (1923–1928)
Roy O. West (1928–1929)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Harry M. Daugherty (1923–1924)
Charles B. Warren (Rejected Twice)
Harlan F. Stone (1924–1925)
John G. Sargent (1925–1929)

SECRETARY OF LABOR:
James J. Davis (1921–1930)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Edwin Denby (1923–1924)
Curtis D. Wilbur (1924–1929)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Harry S. New (1923-1929)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Charles Evans Hughes (1921–1925)
Frank B. Kellogg (1925–1929)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Andrew W. Mellon (1921–1929)

DIRECTOR OF THE VETERANS BUREAU:
Frank T. Hines (1923-1945)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
John W. Weeks (1921–1925)
Dwight F. Davis (1925–1929)

CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
Daniel R. Crissinger (1923-1927)
Roy A. Young (1927-1930)

COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
Murray Crane
Everett Sanders
C. Bascom Slemp
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Stearns

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

The U.S. Supreme Court in 1925. Left to Right: McReynolds, Sanford, Holmes, Sutherland, Taft, Butler, Van Devanter, Stone, and Brandeis (Library of Congress)

Harlan F. Stone (1925-1946)

CONGRESS:

Vice President Calvin Coolidge and House Speaker Frederick H. Gillett exercising in the House gym on January 31, 1923 (National Photo Company Collection/ Library of Congress)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Frederick H. Gillett (1919-1925)
Nicholas Longworth (1925-1931)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER:
Henry Cabot Lodge (1918-1924)
Charles B. Curtis (1925-1929)

HISTORIC SITES:

State Historic Site (Vermont)
Presidential Library and Museum (Massachusetts)