Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge - 30th President of USA

The thirtieth president of the United States of America autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. In the first place, he was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont.

Calvin Coolidge Life

He was the oldest of two children of Victoria Josephine Moor and John Calvin Coolidge Sr. His mother was chronically ill and died when he was only twelve years old, most likely from tuberculosis. His only sibling died when she was only fifteen years old. Calvin's father married a schoolteacher in 1891. Calvin was close to his stepmother.

Calvin Coolidge Education

He was at Black River Academy and Amherst College. After graduating, he moved to Northampton, Massachusetts to practice law. He apprenticed at Hammond & Field. Then after he was admitted to the bar in 1897 and became a country lawyer. After that, he opened his own law office in Northampton in 1898.

Calvin Coolidge Marriage

In 1905, Coolidge married Grace Anna Goodhue, who was employed as a teacher at the Clarke School for the Deaf. She was known to be talkative and outgoing, loving to have fun, while he was known to be serious and quiet. They were blessed with two sons: John was born in 1906, and Calvin Jr. was born in 1908.

President Calvin Coolidge

To be specific he was the 30th President of the United States. He was a Republican who worked through Massachusetts state politics. He became a governor of Massachusetts. He was the 29th Vice President, and in 1920 became the President when Warren G. Harding died suddenly in 1923. He was known to be a small-government conservative.

Following the scandals of previous administrations, Coolidge managed to restore confidence in the White House. During his presidency, he spoke out positively about Catholics and African Americans. He did not appoint members of the Ku Klux Klan. He was offended when a letter was written to him that stated that this country was a "White Man's Country." He responded that 500,000 colored men and boys were drafted and they did not evade the draft.

His responsibility as president is to guarantee equal rights to all citizens, without discrimination. He also signed the Indian Citizenship Act, which gave Native Americans full U.S. citizenship.

Calvin Coolidge died suddenly on January 5, 1933, of a heart attack in his home in Northampton.

President Calvin Coolidge Facts

NICKNAME
Silent Cal

BIRTH
July 4, 1872, at Plymouth Notch, Vermont

MOTHER
Victoria Josephine Moor

FATHER
John Calvin Coolidge

SISTER
Abigail

BROTHERS
None

MARRIAGE
Grace Anna Goodhue October 4, 1905
in Burlington, Vermont

CHILDREN
John and Calvin

HOME
Coolidge Homestead, Plymouth Notch, Vermont

EDUCATION
Plymouth district school
Black River Academy
St. Johnsbury Academy
Amherst College, 1895

RELIGION
Congregationalist

PRE-PRESIDENCY PROFESSION
Lawyer

MILITARY SERVICE
None

POLITICAL LIFE

Northampton (Massachusetts) city council (1899-1900)
Northampton city solicitor (1900-1902)
Hampshire County clerk of courts (1903)
Massachusetts General Court member (1907-1908)
Northampton Mayor (1910-1911)
Massachusetts State Senator (1912-1915)
Massachusetts State Senator President (1914-1915
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1916-1918)
Governor of Massachusetts (1919-1923)
vice President (1921-1923)
US President, one term (Assumed the office upon President Harding's death)

POLITICAL PARTY
Republican

INAUGURATION
August 3, 1923, in Plymouth Notch, Vt.
at the age of 51
Calvin Coolidge - Inaugural Address

Calvin Coolidge Administration

PRESIDENCY
One term (August 3, 1923-March 4, 1929)

VICE PRESIDENT
Charles G. Dawes (1925-1929)

FIRST LADY
Grace Goodhue Coolidge (1923-1929)
Facts about Grace Coolidge
Biography of Grace Coolidge

SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Harlan Fiske Stone (1925)

Calvin Coolidge Cabinet
SECRETARY OF STATE
Charles Evans Hughes (1921-1925)
Frank B. Kellogg (1925-1929)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Andrew W. Mellon (1923-1929)

SECRETARY OF WAR
John W. Weeks (1921-1925)
Dwight F. Davis (1925-1929)

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Harry M. Daugherty (1921-1924)
Harlan Fiske Stone (1924-1925)
John G. Sargent (1925-1929)

POSTMASTER GENERAL
Harry S. New (1923-1929)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Edwin Denby (1921-1924)
Curtis D. Wilbur (1924-1929)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Hubert Work (1923-1928)
Roy O. West (1928-1929)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Henry C. Wallace (1921-1924)
Howard M. Gore (1924-1925)
William M. Jardine (1925-1929)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
Herbert Hoover (1921-1928)
William Whiting (1928-1929)

SECRETARY OF LABOR
James J. Davis (1923-1929)

POST PRESIDENCY LIFE

Writer

DEATH
January 5, 1933 Northampton, Mass. at the age of 60

BURIAL PLACE
Hillside Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.

LANDMARKS
Plymouth, Vt. (birthplace and homestead)
Northampton, Mass. (library and homestead)
Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.