Calvin Coolidge was the 30^th President of the United States (1923-1929), is portrayed in a colored photograph. Coolidge suceeded to the presidency after the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923, and was elected president the following year.

Calvin Coolidge was elected president in 1924 and retierd from public life in 1929. While staying in the White House for more than 5 years, Coolidge kept a deliberately low presidential profile. He favored a minimum of government intervation in domestic affairs. During foreign policy, he left in the hands of Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg.

John Calvin Coolidge was born on july 4, 1872, at Plymouth Notch, Vermont. He attended Amherst College and graduated June 26, 1995 with a four-year Bachelor of Arts course. Coolidge’s religion was congregationalist and his ancestry was English. His father was John Calvin Coolidge. He worked for three occupations, as a farmer, as a storekeeper, and for the notary public. He later died at the age of 80. His mother was Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge. She did not work for anything because Coolidge had " everything under control." She later died at the age of 39. Calvin Coolidge’s father got remarried with Caroline Athelia Brown Coolidge. She later died at the age of 63. Calvin Coolidge was the older of his fathers first marriage. His younger sister was Abigail Gratia Coolidge. She died a few years later at the age of 15. Calvin Coolidge got married on October 4, 1905, to Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge. They had two sons. One of them was John Coolidge who got married at the age of 23. Then their second child was Calvin Coolidge who died at the age of 15.

After graduating from Amherst College, he studied law and began practicing in a small town of Northampton, Massachusetts. His law practicing and political activites were routine until 1910. As a Republican, he served in a variety of local offices and was elected to the state legislature in 1907. His work there attracted little notice. After being elected mayor of the Northampton in 1909 and 1910, Coolidge devoted himself fully to his polictical career. In 1911, he went to the state senate, where his thorough work earned him leadership positions. In 1913, he became president of the senate. Coolidge was a taciturn, frugal, and industrious man who admired businessman and corporations, and he used his influence in the senate to caution against reform measures that might discourage businessmen from investing their capitol in new projects. As to governmental activity, he said that administration should have "a chance to catch up with legislature." In 1915, Coolidge was elected lieutenate governor. His friendship with party leaders and his ability to voice the interests of Massachusetts earned him popularity in his party and bought him the governorship in 1918. As governor, Coolidge had to deal only with minor matters until the dramatic Boston police strike of 1919. This strike developed out of the inflation that followed World War I, as policemen saw their wages hold steadly while the coast of living and the incomes of other groups rose. Although it was illegal for policemen to form a labor union, they did so anyways. When Boston authorities threatend disciplinary action against the union leaders, the policemen countered with a strike. During the strike, criminal elements roamed the city; there was rioting, violence, and property damage. On the second day, Governor Coolidge called out the state milita to restore order. In a public exchange of letters with Samuel Gompers, president if the Ameican Federation of Labor, Coolidge made the statement,"There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime." His popular action in the Boston police strike earned Coolidge the Republican vice-presidential nomination in 1920. Party leaders had selected Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin for the post, but the delgates chose Coolidge instead. He and Warren G. Harding won election easily. As vice-president, Coolidge remained in the background. The presidency came to him upon the deathof Harding on August 12,1923.

As president, Coolidge kept a slack rein, believing that the nation needed to focus attention on private affairs rather than be pressed to folow bold new public policies. His outlook paralleled that of the business community. One of his sayings was that "the business of America is business." After commercial farmers had lobbed in Congress for relief from depressed conditions, Coolidge vetoed the resulting McNary-Haugen bill. When the farmers argued that manufactures received sudstsantial federal help from the high protective tariff and that the government ought to do something for agriculture. The president replied that the farmers were also aided by the tariff. His vetoes prevailed over the farm block in Congress. During his administration the economy prospered and the stock market boomed, but the prosperity did not benefit all sections of the nation equally. Industries such as coal mining remained depressed, and some cities had unelmployment rates surpassing 10 percent.

In 1928, Coolidge announced that he would not seek reelction. He retired to Northampton, Massachusetts and wrote his autobiography. He worked as a writer and as a colunmist. He later died on January 5, 1933, at the age of 60. He was buried in the family plot in Plymouth Notch, Vermont.

I think Calvin Coolidge had a great childhood that made him go somewhere. He went to college so he can reach his goal. Now he was the 30^th President and did a really good job. He shows a good example to everyone who wants to reach their goals and be someone. I’ve learned a lot of important facts that will make me do well in the future.

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