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Calvin Coolidge - 29th Vice President
Party: Republican
Term: March 4, 1921 - Aug 3, 1923
Age at Inauguration: 48
Life Span: July 4, 1872 - Jan 5, 1933 [60]
President:Warren Harding

  • Calvin Coolidge was the third vice president elevated to the presidency upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923 Presidential Death in Office
  • Coolidge was described as a man who did little and said less, but as governor of Massachusetts he called in the state militia to restore order after Boston police went on strike
  • He reached national prominence when he stated, There is no right to strike against the public safety..."
  • Coolidge enjoyed his time as vice president because he said it never interfered with his mandatory eleven hours of
    sleep a day
  • When he was assured that Harding, who fell ill while on the last leg of a trip on the West coast, was recovering comfortably, he left to visit his father in Vermont
  • While there he was informed of the president's death and was administered the Oath of Office by his father, a notary public and magistrate President Calvin Coolidge