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Also known as John Calvin Coolidge Jr., John Calvin Coolidge, President Coolidge, J. C. Coolidge, C. Coolidge, Silent Cal, Silent Cal Coolidge

president of the United States from 1923 to 1929

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Calvin Coolidge was an American politician, lawyer, and statesperson who served as the President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, Governor of Massachusetts, and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. A member of the Republican Party, he was educated at Amherst College and worked as an autobiographer. He was born John Calvin in 1872 and died in 1933 from a myocardial infarction in Northampton.

Coolidge was married to Grace Coolidge and is recognized in collections of US Presidents and Vice Presidents. His written works include the Message of the President of the United States, executive orders relating to the Panama Canal, and the Founder's Day address. His archives are held at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1872
Died
1933
Works
64

Top works

  • Message of the President of the United States
  • Executive orders relating to the Panama Canal
  • Founder's Day address
  • Inaugural address of Vice President Coolidge before the U.S. Senate, March 4, 1921 and Calvin Coolidge's prize essay "The principles fought for in the American revolution"
  • Address at the exercises on the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims, at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 21, 1920

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Film & TV

Acting

As America's 30th President (July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933), Calvin Coolidge demonstrated his determination to preserve the old moral and economic precepts.

Known for

  • Coolidge: Rediscovering An American President — Self (Archive Footage)2023
  • The U.S. and the Holocaust — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Inside the White House — Self (archive footage)1996
  • Within These Walls: A Tour of the White House — Self (archive footage)1991
  • The Crash of 1929 — Self (archive footage)1990
  • Mount Rushmore: The Shrine — Self (archive footage)1986
  • Backstage at the White House — Self (archive footage)1985
  • The Comic — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1969
  • The Golden Twenties — Self (archive footage)1950

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1872
Active to
1933
2008 universal fire victimadult contemporaryamericanblue-eyed soulcountrycountry pop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,351
Total plays
16,283

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Quotes

  • [Speaking of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen] ...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.
  • Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.
  • Well, they’re going to elect that Stupid Hoover, and he’s going to have some trouble. He’s going to have to spend money, but it won’t be enough. Then the Democrats will come in. But they don’t know anything about money.
  • It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
  • Men do not make laws. They do but discover them. Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness. That state is most fortunate in its form of government which has the aptest instruments for the discovery of law.
  • It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Calvin
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of death
Northampton
Occupation
autobiographer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
President Calvin Coolidge, 1924 portrait photograph (3x4 cropped).jpeg
Height
178
Work location
Boston
Residence
Massachusetts
Political ideology
Small government
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Commons category
Calvin Coolidge
cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of birth
1872-07-04
date of death
1933-01-05
topic's main category
Category:Calvin Coolidge
name in native language
Calvin Coolidge
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
John Calvin
Commons gallery
Calvin Coolidge
writing language
English language
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org/governor/john-calvin-coolidge
Commons Creator page
Calvin Coolidge
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Encyclopedic overview

Personal details BornJohn Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872-07-04)July 4, 1872 Plymouth Notch, Vermont, U.S.

DiedJanuary 5, 1933(1933-01-05) (aged 60) Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.

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