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Birth
only president born on July fourth born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont -
Education
he graduated from Black River Academy in Ludlow, Vermont, in 1890, and went on to attend Amherst College in Massachusetts, graduating with honors in 1895. -
Lawyer
First real job -
political party
republican -
Marriages
He married Grace Coolidge -
John Coolidge III birth
Birthplace Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA -
Calvin Coolidge Jr. Birth
Birthplace Northampton, Hampshire, MA, United States -
Elected Mayor
Elected as mayor of Northampton -
Served as senator
served as a senator for Massachusetts -
lieutenant Governor
lieutenant governor of Massachusetts -
Serve as Governor
Coolidge captured national attention the following year when he called out the state guard to quell violence and disorder resulting from a strike by the Boston police -
Boston Police Strike
the Boston police, who had formed a labor union to press their demands for better pay and working conditions. When labor leaders called on him to support their demands for reinstatement of police officers who had been fired for striking, Coolidge refused, summing up his reasoning in a single sentence that reverberated throughout the country: “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.” -
Made Vice President
The US vice-presidency did not carry many official duties, but Coolidge was invited by President Harding to attend cabinet meetings, making him the first vice president to do so. He gave a number of unremarkable speeches around the country. -
Made President
Harding died so he took over as president -
Soldiers' Bonus Bill passes
Providing twenty-year annuities for veterans at an overall cost of $2 billion, the Soldiers' Bonus Bill is passed -
Pact of Anapala
Representatives from Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador sign the Pact of Anapala with the United States, agreeing to cut off aid to the insurgent forces in neighboring Honduras -
New immigration law
Congress passes a new immigration law with even more restrictive quotas than those established by a temporary act two years earlier. -
Dawes Plan Signed
successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay It ended a crisis in European diplomacy following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles -
Marines withdraw from Dominican Republic
The last U.S. Marines, first sent to Santo Domingo in 1916 by Woodrow Wilson, withdraw from the Dominican Republic -
Elected President For a full term
Elected to his first four year term by a lot of electoral votes -
Coolidge inaugurated
Coolidge is inaugurated President in his first elected term -
Isle of Pines Treaty ratified
The Isle of Pines Treaty is finally ratified by the Senate. Pending since 1904, the treaty recognizes Cuban possession of the Isle of Pines. -
KKK demonstrates in Washington
The Ku Klux Klan holds a massive political demonstration in Washington, D.C. Possibly the largest Klan parade in history, around 40,000 men and women march down Pennsylvania Avenue decked out in their white Klan robes -
First successful flight over North Pole
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett make the first successful flight over the North Pole. -
Air Commerce Act passed
The Air Commerce Act is passed by Congress. While the federal government already subsidized airmail, this act gave the Commerce Department regulatory powers over sectors of the aviation industry, such as the licensing of pilots and air crafts. -
Federal Radio Commission created
Congress creates the Federal Radio Commission to regulate this burgeoning field of national and international communication. In doing so, lawmakers continue the trend of imposing increasing federal regulation on private sectors of the economy. -
Lindbergh completes his flight
Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first transatlantic flight, traversing the distance from New York to Paris in his monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, in less than thirty-four hours. -
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact, or the Pact of Paris, as it was also known, is signed by the United States and fifteen other nations. Named for its two principal authors, Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French foreign minister Aristide Briand, the pact outlaws war as a means to settle disputes, substituting diplomacy and world opinion for armed conflict. -
Left Office
Coolidge leaves The Inauguration of Herbert Hoover as 31st President of the United States took place in Washington, D.C. This was the first presidential inauguration to be recorded by sound newsreels, though the microphone did not project Hoover's voice well. -
death
less than four years after leaving the White House, he died of a heart attack. After his death, as the country suffered through the worst economic crisis in its history
