#30 Calvin Coolidge- Silent Cal

#30 Calvin Coolidge- Silent Cal

Coolidge was a lawyer from Vermont that eventually worked his way up the ladder in Massachusetts’s state politics starting as a member of the House of Representative’s (1907-1908), then becoming Mayor of Northampton (1910-1911), to being named a member of the Senate (1912-1915) even becoming President of that Senate (1914-1915).

After that he moved up to lieutenant governor (1916-1919) and eventually winning governor (1919-1921) where he got put in the national spotlight for his response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919. Soon after his term he became Vice President under Harding (1921-1923)

1923;

• As Harding passes, Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the U.S. at the age of 51.
• President Harding is laid to rest in Marion, OH

WARREN HARDING TOMB

1924;

• Revenue Acts of 1924 and 1926 are established to reduce inheritance and personal income taxes after years of very high wartime tax rates
• Former President Wilson is laid to rest in Washington, DC

WILSON’S FUNERAL

WILSON’S TOMB

• Monument to Ulysses Grant is unveiled

MONUMENT TO GRANT

• The Immigration Act of 1924 is passed, ending further immigration from Japan and restricting the number of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. Also known as the Johnson-Reid Act

1925;

• Coolidge wins his first full term. Charles G. Dawes is his V.P
• The first Diesel locomotive begins operating in New York City

1926;

• Air Commerce Act is passed giving the Commerce department regulatory powers over sectors of the aviation industry, such as the licensing of pilots and airplanes.
• Harding Tomb is dedicated

1927;

• Charles Lindbergh makes the first non-stop transatlantic flight across the Atlantic, from New York City
• A radio telephone system connected New York City and London

1928;

• Coolidge surprises the nation by stating he did not want to run for President
• The US recognizes Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalist government of China and signs a tariff treaty with the Chinese.

Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals of the Harding Administration. He was known to the media as “Silent Cal.” Once a reporter said to him, “I bet my editor I could get more than two words out of you.” Coolidge replied: “You lose.” He went into a short retirement afterwards, passing in 1933.

Famous quotes;

“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”

“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”

“Patriotism is easy to understand in America – it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.“