Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, New England Republican lawyer Calvin Coolidge started out as a local politician in his home state of Massachusetts, rising through the ranks to become the 48th governor of Massachusetts. He soon found himself thrust into the national spotlight because of his reaction to the Boston Police Strike of 1919. Since then, he has been regarded as a man of decisive action. He was elected Vice President of the United States the next year, and he succeeded to the presidency after Warren G. Harding passed away unexpectedly in 1923. In addition to having earned his reputation as a small-government republican, he was often credited with saying very little and possessing a dry sense of humor.