Calvin Coolidge:
30th President of the United States, 1923-1929Calvin Coolidge was the sixth Vice-President to
become President upon the death of a chief executive.
Coolidge was vacationing at his father's farm in Vermont
when President Warren G. Harding died on August 3, 1923.
The elder Coolidge, a notary public, administered the
oath of office in the dining room. In 1924, Coolidge was
elected to a full four-year term. He enjoyed great
popularity and probably could have been re-elected, but
chose to retire instead. His terse announcement became
his most famous statement: "I do not choose to run
for President in 1928."
| Election
of 1924 |
| Candidate Calvin
Coolidge
John W. Davis
|
Popular
Vote 15,718,211
8,385,283
|
Electoral
Vote 382
136
|
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|
| His
Vice-President and Cabinet |
| Vice-President |
Charles G. Dawes |
| Secretary of State |
Charles Evans Hughes
Frank B. Kellogg (1925) |
| Secretary of the
Treasury |
Andrew W. Mellon |
| Secretary of War |
John W. Weeks
Dwight F. Davis (1925) |
| Attorney General |
Harry M. Daugherty
Harlan F. Stone (1924)
John G. Sargent (1925) |
| Postmaster General |
Harry S. New |
| Secretary of the Navy |
Edwin Denby
Curtis D. Wilbur (1924) |
| Secretary of the
Interior |
Hubert Work
Roy O. West (1928) |
| Secretary of Agriculture |
Henry C. Wallace
Howard M. Gore (1924)
William M. Jardine (1925) |
| Secretary of Commerce |
Herbert Hoover
William F. Whiting (1928) |
| Secretary of Labor |
James J. Davis |
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| United
States Events During His Administration |
| Population
in 1929 122,000,000 |
| 1924 |
Coolidge forced the resignation
of Attorney General Daugherty in the wake of the
Teapot Dome Scandal. |
| 1925 |
The first diesel locomotive in
regular service began operating in New York City. |
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| World
Events During His Administration |
| 1924 |
Civil war raged in China. |
| 1924 |
The first round-the-world flight
was accomplished by two U.S. Army biplanes. |
| 1925 |
Locarno Conference resulted in
establishing a neutral Rhineland. |
| 1926 |
U.S. Marines landed in Nicaragua
to help stabilize that nation's government. |
| 1926 |
The first flight over the North
Pole was made by Richard E. Byrd and Floyd
Bennett. |
| 1927 |
Charles
Lindbergh flew non-stop across the Atlantic
from New York City to Paris. |
| 1927 |
The Jazz Singer, the
first "talking" motion picture, was
produced. |
| 1927 |
Radiotelephony connected New
York City and London. |
| 1928 |
The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact
was signed in Paris. |
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