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Calvin Coolidge's tenure as the 30th president of the United States began on August 2, 1923, when Coolidge became president upon Warren G. Harding's death, and ended on March 4, 1929. A Republican from Massachusetts , Coolidge had been vice president for 2 years, 151 days when he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Harding.
Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr. [1] / ˈ k uː l ɪ dʒ / KOOL-ij; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts , he previously served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923 under President Warren G. Harding , and as the 48th ...
The presidency of Calvin Coolidge began on August 2, 1923, when Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding, and ended on March 4, 1929. 1923
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
Calvin Coolidge. Term length: Aug. 3, 1923-March 3, 1929 Jobs at start of term: 32,129,000 Jobs at end of term: 37,180,000 Jobs created: 5,051,000 Percentage change ...
Incumbent Republican President Calvin Coolidge won election to a full term. Coolidge was the second vice president, after Theodore Roosevelt, to ascend to the presidency and then win a full term. Coolidge had been vice president under Warren G. Harding and became president in 1923 upon Harding
Coolidge, Truman, and Johnson all served more than four years, but they were still eligible to run again; Coolidge became president upon the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923, Truman succeeded to ...
Others saw Coolidge's message as a desire to get back to private life. As early as 1924, Coolidge decided he would not run for the presidency a second time. The death of his son, Calvin Jr., in 1924, took a heavy toll on the president, which some say led to clinical depression. "When he died, the power and the glory of the Presidency went with ...