30th President of the United States

In office:
August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929

Vice President:
None (1923 - 1925)
Charles G. Dawes (1925 - 1929)

Preceded by
Warren G. Harding

Succeeded by:
Herbert Hoover

Political party:

John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
(July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933)

Calvin Coolidge was an American politician and lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor.  His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action.  The next year, he was elected vice president of the United States, and he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.  Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small government conservative and also as a man who said very little and had a rather dry sense of humor.

Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of his predecessor's administration and left office with considerable popularity.  As a Coolidge biographer wrote: "He embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret their longings and express their opinions.  That he did represent the genius of the average is the most convincing proof of his strength".

Scholars have ranked Coolidge in the lower half of those presidents that they have assessed.  He is praised by advocates of smaller government and laissez-faire economics, while supporters of an active central government generally view him less favorably, though most praise his stalwart support of racial equality.

Born:
July 4, 1872
Plymouth Notch, Vermont

Died:
January 5, 1933 (aged 60) Northampton, Massachusetts

Resting place:
Plymouth Notch Cemetery