Calvin Coolidge was born in plymouth, Vermont, on July forth, 1872whitehouse

On August 3,1923, while viasiting in vermont, Calvin Coolidg found out he was president. By the light of o lamp his father administered the oath of office as Coolidge held his hand on the family bible. here

In his Inaugural he asserted that the country had achieved "a state of contentment seldom before seen," and pledged himself to maintain the status quo. In subsequent years he twice vetoed farm relief bills, and killed a plan to produce cheap Federal electric power on the Tennessee River.

By the time the disaster of the Great Depression hit the country, Coolidge was in retirement. Before his death in January 1933, he confided to an old friend, ". . . I feel I no longer fit in with these times."

"achievments"	"date"
"passed veteran's bonus"	"1924"
"war is not the way"	"192