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Overview. A quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit, Calvin Coolidge was known as "Silent Cal." After learning of his ascendancy to the presidency following the death of Warren Harding in 1923, Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, in the middle of the night and, displaying his famous "cool," promptly ...
- Life in Brief
A Visible Yet Passive Presidency. In contrast to his disdain...
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On November 4, 1924, Calvin Coolidge was elected President...
- Life in Brief
A Visible Yet Passive Presidency. In contrast to his disdain for small talk, Coolidge was a highly visible leader, holding press conferences, speaking on the radio, and emerging as the leader among what one survey called "the most photographed persons on earth."
On November 4, 1924, Calvin Coolidge was elected President of the United States. Vice President Coolidge had assumed the office of the presidency the year before after President Warren Harding died. But Coolidge then had to convince the American public to elect him President in his own right.
- Primi Anni
- Carriera Politica
- Presidenza
- IL Ritiro Dalla Politica E La Morte
Calvin Coolidge nacque il 4 luglio 1872 a Plymouth, nel Vermont, da una famiglia di agricoltori: suo padre, John Calvin Coolidge Sr., era un contadino benestante che svolse anche numerosi incarichi pubblici locali (come quello di giudice di pace e di esattore fiscale), oltre a essere membro delle istituzioni del suo Stato natale; sua madre, Victori...
Nel 1898 entrò da repubblicano (dell'ala progressista) nella vita politica locale e successivamente statale, dove fu ripetutamente eletto vice-governatore (carica all'epoca annuale) nel 1915, nel 1916 e nel 1917; al ritiro del governatore fu eletto governatore nel 1918 e 1919. In questa veste, represse energicamente le proteste della polizia di Bos...
La popolarità del Presidente cresce rapidamente: viene candidato dalla convenzione repubblicana al primo scrutinio (al candidato democratico ne occorreranno 103) con Charles Dawes come candidato vicepresidente e nonostante la scissione del repubblicano progressista Robert M. La Follette (che gli farà perdere il Wisconsin), alle elezioni del 1924ott...
Sebbene incoraggiato dal Partito Repubblicano a ricandidarsi, non si ripresentò alle elezioni del 1928 per un terzo mandato. Il Partito Repubblicano vinse candidando Herbert Hoover, il suo Segretario al Commercio (di cui Coolidge disse: "For six years that man has given me unsolicited advice — all of it bad" [Da sei anni quell'uomo mi dà consigli n...
Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; / ˈ k uː l ɪ dʒ /; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) 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 Massachusetts politics, becoming the state's 48th ...
Calvin Coolidge 's tenure as the 30th president of the United States began on August 2, 1923, when Coolidge became president upon Warren G. Harding's death, and ended on March 4, 1929. A Republican from Massachusetts, Coolidge had been vice president for 2 years, 151 days when he succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Harding.
U.S. Presidents: Calvin Coolidge, Miller Center (UVA) External Prosperity and Thrift: The Calvin Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929. Online exhibition, Library of Congress.
