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Calvin CoolidgeView Program

30th President - Calvin Coolidge
Born: July 4, 1872
Died: January 5, 1933

  • Personal
  • First Lady: Grace Ann Goodhue Coolidge
  • Children: 2
  • Education Level: College
  • School Attended: Amherst College
  • Profession: Lawyer
  • Public Service
  • Dates of Presidency: August 3, 1923 - March 3, 1929
  • # of Terms: 2
  • Vice President: None, Charles Gates Dawes
  • Party: Republican
  • Vice President For: Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
  • Governor: Massachusetts (1919-1920)
  • State Legislature: Massachusetts (1912-1915)
  • Other Offices: General Court (MA); Mayor of Northampton (MA); State Senate President (MA); Lieutenant Governor (MA)
  • Did You Know?
  • He was born on July 4, 1872.
  • During his term, Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • While he was in office, the Ku Klux Klan exceeded 4 million members.
  • He was president when Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs.
  • Did You Know?
  • He was born on July 4, 1872.
  • During his term, Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • While he was in office, the Ku Klux Klan exceeded 4 million members.
  • He was president when Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs.
  • The first news reels were shown in movie theaters while he was in office.
  • Grace Coolidge was popular as First Lady, being voted as one of America’s twelve greatest living women in 1931, and receiving a gold medal from the National Institute of Social Sciences for her "fine personal influence exerted as First Lady of the Land."
  • He was one of three Mayors to become President.
  • "You lose." -- Calvin Coolidge, responding to a woman who claimed that she could make him say more than two words.
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The Peabody Award-winning series profiles the men who have served as chief executive of the United States. This website, created as a companion to C-SPAN's 20th anniversary television series, provides an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations.