CALVIN COOLIDGE 1872 1933 THIRTIETH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COOLIDGE CALVIN 1872 1933 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS AND POLITICS U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION CALVIN COOLIDGE WAS BORN IN PLYMOUTH VERMONT AFTER GRADUATING FROM AMHERST COLLEGE IN MASSACHUSETTS HE BEGAN TO PRACTICE LAW IN NEARBY NORTHAMPTON IN 1897 SOON THEREAFTER HE JOINED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HELD A NUMBER OF LOCAL AND STATE OFFICES FROM 1916 TO 1918 HE SERVED AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR IN 1919 WHILE IN OFFICE COOLIDGE GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR USING THE STATE MILITIA TO END A STRIKE BY BOSTON POLICE IN 1920 HE WAS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HE BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1923 AFTER PRESIDENT WARREN HARDING DIED IN 1924 COOLIDGE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND WON HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS HANDS OFF ATTITUDE ABOUT GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF BUSINESS COOLIDGE EARNED THE NICKNAME SILENT CAL BECAUSE OF HIS QUIET AND RESERVED PERSONALITY AT THE END OF HIS TERM HE CHOSE NOT TO RUN FOR RE ELECTION COOLIDGE RETURNED TO NORTHAMPTON TO WRITE MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
