University of Virginia Miller Center
University of Virginia Miller Center
1872 - 1933
Calvin Coolidge
The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration. We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.Inaugural Address
Overview
A quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit, Calvin Coolidge was known as "Silent Cal." After learning of his ascendancy to the presidency following the death of Warren Harding in 1923, Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, in the middle of the night and, displaying his famous "cool," promptly went back to bed.
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Fast Facts
Plymouth Notch, Vermont
Amherst College (graduated 1895)
Congregationalist
Lawyer
Republican
“Silent Cal”
October 4, 1905, to Grace Anna Goodhue (1879–1957)
John (1906–2000), Calvin (1908–1924)
30
Plymouth Notch, Vermont
Chicago Style
Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. “Calvin Coolidge.” Accessed August 09, 2024. https://millercenter.org/president/coolidge.
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David Greenberg
Professor Greenberg is a professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University.
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