Calvin Coolidge was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a Republican lawyer who climbed the ladder of See more

Education and law practice
Coolidge attended the Black River Academy and then St. Johnsbury Academy before enrolling at Amherst College, … See more

Coolidge entered the primary election for lieutenant governor and was nominated to run alongside gubernatorial candidate Samuel W. McCall. Coolidge was the leading vote-getter in … See more

On August 2, 1923, President Harding died unexpectedly from a heart attack in San Francisco while on a speaking tour of the western United States. Vice President Coolidge was in … See more

John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont—the only U.S. president to be born on Independence Day. He was the elder of the two children of John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (1845–1926) and Victoria Josephine Moor (1846–1885). … See more

City offices
The Republican Party was dominant in New England at the time, and Coolidge followed the example of Hammond and Field by becoming … See more

1920 election
At the 1920 Republican National Convention, most of the delegates were selected by state … See more