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Calvin Coolidge Biography
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Biography: Life of Calvin Coolidge
Born 1872, Died 1933 Served as President of the United States 1923-1929.
Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872 in Plymouth, Vermont. He graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts and studied law.
Coolidge was active in politics and held a number of elected offices including Massachusetts state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor and governor of Massachusetts.
In 1905 Calvin Coolidge married Grace Anne Goodhue. They had two sons.
In 1921 Coolidge became vice president when Warren G. Harding became president. Coolidge became president in 1923 when Harding died. He was re-elected and began his second term as president in 1925.
The administrations of Coolidge were a time of prosperity for the country with the growth of big business, stock market price increases and a boom in building. Credit however was over-extended. Coolidge reduced the national debt, cut Federal spending and lowered the income tax. In foreign affairs, the United States signed the Kellogg-Briand Treaty (Pact of Paris) to outlaw war as international policy.
Calvin Coolidge retired from office to Northhampton, Massachusetts in 1929. He died on January 5, 1933 and is buried in Plymouth, Vermont.
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