992,020
edits
Changes
mLine 1:
Line 1: − + Line 66:
Line 66: − + Line 75:
Line 75: − + − + Line 107:
Line 107: − +
KS update 1.3
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Calvin_Coolidge (cropped & Greyscaled).png
| image = Calvin-Coolidge portrait 1924 (cropped).png
| order = 30th
| order = 30th
| office = President of the United States
| office = President of the United States
| signature = C Coolidge signature.svg
| signature = C Coolidge signature.svg
| signature_alt = Cursive signature in ink
| signature_alt = Cursive signature in ink
| caption = Coolidge in 1919
| caption = Official portrait, 1924
| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Calvin Coolidge Speaking.ogg|title=Calvin Coolidge's voice|type=speech<br />Recorded July 4, 1920}}
| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Calvin Coolidge Speaking.ogg|title=Calvin Coolidge's voice|type=speech<br />Recorded July 4, 1920}}
}}
}}
Coolidge served as the Mayor of [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]. He later served as the [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. As governor, he became famous because of his response during the Boston Police Strike. Coolidge fired the police who went on strike and gave the jobs to unemployed World War 1 veterans (he gave the same bonuses that the striking policemen asked for to the veterans).
Coolidge served as the Mayor of [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]. He later served as the [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. As governor, he became famous because of his response during the Boston Police Strike. Coolidge fired the police who went on strike and gave the jobs to unemployed World War 1 veterans (he gave the same bonuses that the striking policemen asked for to the veterans).
In 1920, he was nominated [[United States Vice President|Vice President]] under Warren G. Harding. The Harding-Coolidge team won easily. Harding died in 1923 and Coolidge became the next [[President (United States)|president]]. He was [[First inauguration of Calvin Coolidge|inaugurated]] at his family farm in [[Vermont]] by his father [[John Calvin Coolidge Sr.]]
In 1920, he was nominated [[United States Vice President|Vice President]] under Warren G. Harding. The Harding-Coolidge team won easily. Harding died in 1923 and Coolidge became the next [[President (United States)|president]]. He was [[First inauguration of Calvin Coolidge|inaugurated]] at his family farm in [[Vermont]] by his father [[John Calvin Coolidge Sr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vermonthistory.org/journal/62/CoolidgeInauguration.pdf|title=Coolidge Inauguration|publisher=Vermont History|accessdate=December 30, 2024}}</ref>
Coolidge finished Harding's term and was elected in 1924 to continue to be the country's president.
Coolidge finished Harding's term and was elected in 1924 to continue to be the country's president.
Coolidge was president during a prosperous economy and the country did not face many challenges. He believed that the federal government should be as small as possible. He supported tax cuts and wanted the federal government to not intervene in the economy.
Coolidge was president during a prosperous economy and the country did not face many challenges. He believed that the federal government should be as small as possible. He supported tax cuts and wanted the federal government to not intervene in the economy. He was the first president to lead a public celebration of the Christmas holidays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-life-and-presidency-of-calvin-coolidge|title=The Life and Presidency of Calvin Coolidge|publisher=White House History|accessdate=December 20, 2024}}</ref>
Coolidge was criticized for refusing to give [[subsidy|subsidies]] to farmers and when a giant flood happened in Mississippi during 1927, he did not want the federal government to be involved. This was part of his belief of [[federalism]], that the country's problems should be solved mainly by state governments and local governments rather than the federal government.
Coolidge was criticized for refusing to give [[subsidy|subsidies]] to farmers and when a giant flood happened in Mississippi during 1927, he did not want the federal government to be involved. This was part of his belief of [[federalism]], that the country's problems should be solved mainly by state governments and local governments rather than the federal government.
File:1924 Indian Citizenship Act.jpg|[[Osage Nation|Osage]] men with Coolidge after he signed the bill granting Native Americans U.S. citizenship
File:1924 Indian Citizenship Act.jpg|[[Osage Nation|Osage]] men with Coolidge after he signed the bill granting Native Americans U.S. citizenship
File:Attendees at Conference on Future of Smithsonian Institution.jpg|At the [[Smithsonian Institution]]; left to right: Secretary of the Treasury, [[Andrew Mellon]]; Secretary of State, [[Frank B. Kellogg]]; President Calvin Coolidge; former President and Chief Justice [[William Howard Taft]], Secretary of the Smithsonian, [[Charles D. Walcott]] among others.
File:Attendees at Conference on Future of Smithsonian Institution.jpg|At the [[Smithsonian Institution]]; left to right: Secretary of the Treasury, [[Andrew Mellon]]; Secretary of State, [[Frank B. Kellogg]]; President Calvin Coolidge; former president and Chief Justice [[William Howard Taft]], Secretary of the Smithsonian, [[Charles D. Walcott]] among others.
File:Coolidge Cabinet.jpg|President Calvin Coolidge's cabinet*Coolidge's cabinet in 1924, outside the White House*Front row, left to right:Harry Stewart New, John W. Weeks, Charles Evans Hughes, Coolidge, Andrew Mellon, Harry M. Daugherty, Curtis D. Wilbur Back row, left to right, James J. Davis, Henry C. Wallace, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Work
File:Coolidge Cabinet.jpg|President Calvin Coolidge's cabinet*Coolidge's cabinet in 1924, outside the White House*Front row, left to right:Harry Stewart New, John W. Weeks, Charles Evans Hughes, Coolidge, Andrew Mellon, Harry M. Daugherty, Curtis D. Wilbur Back row, left to right, James J. Davis, Henry C. Wallace, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Work