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Looks at Coolidge as a radio personality, and how radio figured in the campaign, the national conventions, and the election result. Tucker, Garland S., III. The high tide of American conservatism: Davis, Coolidge, and the 1924 election (2010) online; Unger, Nancy C. (2000). Fighting Bob La Follette: The Righteous Reformer. Chapel Hill ...
Coolidge’s running mate was former Budget Director Charles G. Dawes of Illinois and Davis ran with Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, while La Follette ran with Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. Coolidge carried his home state overwhelmingly with 62.26% of the vote to Davis's 24.86%, a Republican victory margin of 37.41%.
Even one of Coolidge's closest friends, Senator William M. Butler, said of the decision, "I do not know what he wants." [6] Had Coolidge wished, he would have been easily nominated to run again at the 1928 Republican National Convention, as party leaders wanted. Coolidge sent Sanders to tell leaders of state delegations to vote for anyone else. [1]
That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength." [4] Coolidge chose not to run again in 1928, remarking that ten years as president would be "longer than any other man has had it—too long!" [b]
Coolidge, who served as the governor of Massachusetts from 1919 through 1921 was nominated at the 1920 Republican National Convention for the ticket of Warren G. Harding for president and Coolidge for vice president. Coolidge became the Vice President of the United States after the Republican ticket was victorious in the 1920 presidential ...
June 2 – Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act and the Revenue Act of 1924 into law. June 7 – Coolidge signs the Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 into law. June 10–12 – Coolidge is chosen as the 1924 presidential nominee for the Republican Party. July 7 – Coolidge's son, Calvin Coolidge Jr., dies of sepsis at the age of 16. [12]
Coolidge carried New Jersey overwhelmingly with 62.17% of the vote to Davis’ 27.41%, a victory margin of 34.75%. [1] La Follette finished in a relatively strong third, with 10.03%. New Jersey in this era was a staunchly Republican state, having not given a majority of the vote to a Democratic presidential candidate since 1892 .
Wilson blamed the Irish Americans and German Americans for the lack of popular support for his unsuccessful campaign to have the United States join the League of Nations, saying, "There is an organized propaganda against the League of Nations and against the treaty proceeding from exactly the same sources that the organized propaganda proceeded ...