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On foreign policy, the President mentioned his support of an international court of justice. On the topic of Prohibition, the President supported its enforcement. On the topic of civil rights for African Americans the President said: [1] But it does mean the full right to liberty and equality before the law without distinction of race or creed.
This was the 35th presidential inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and only full term of Calvin Coolidge as president and the only term of Charles G. Dawes as vice president. Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who had served as president from 1909 to 1913, administered the oath of office. This was the first inauguration on ...
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 governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921.
As with many of Stone’s films, he was accused of playing fast and loose with facts, but Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of the ex-president turns the movie into the fall of a tragic anti-hero. 16. W.
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...
Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to serve as president in more than a decade when he took the oath of office on January 20, 1993. Maya Angelou read an original poem "On the Pulse of Morning ...
United States is decided in the Supreme Court, affirming the motor vehicle exception, that a warrantless search of an automobile does not contravene the Fourth Amendment, subject to probable cause and exigent circumstances. [2] March 4 – Calvin Coolidge becomes the first president of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
August 11 – Lee de Forest records Coolidge on the White House lawn with Phonofilm, creating the first audiovisual recording of a US president. [15] August 14 – Coolidge formally accepts his party's nomination for president in 1924. [16] August 16 – The Dawes Plan is signed.