Date

Jul 04 2024

Event

Birthday

30th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge Birthday

Calvin Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Coolidge was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the nickname “Silent Cal.”

• Calvin Coolidge was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor.
• Born: July 4, 1872, Plymouth Notch, Plymouth, VT
• Died: January 5, 1933, Northampton, MA
• Presidential term: August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
• Party: Republican Party
• Vice president: Charles G. Dawes (1925–1929)
• Nicknames: Silent Cal, Cool Cal, The Sphinx of the Potomac, Cautious Cal
• First president to be sworn in by his father, John Calvin Coolidge, Sr, following the death of Harding.
• First president to be sworn in by another president (William Howard Taft, who was chief justice at the time of the second inauguration of Coolidge in 1925).
• First president to give a radio broadcast from the White House.
• First president to be filmed with sound recording.
• First president to visit Cuba while in office.
• First president to be a Congregationalist.Template:Says whom
• First president to appear on US coinage while alive.
• First president to appear on US coinage while in office.
• First president with any portion of Native American ancestry.
• First president who was a multiracial American.
• First president born on Independence Day.
• First president to serve as both governor and lieutenant governor of a state, having served as lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1916 to 1919 and governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921.