30. Calvin Coolidge

30th

Took office in 1923.

💡 Did you know? Calvin Coolidge rose as vice president after President Harding died suddenly.

after Harding's death

Later confirmed in office.

💡 Did you know? News of Harding's death in 1923 reached Coolidge at night on his father's farm: where his father administered the oath by the light of an oil lamp.

1923 to 1929

During the Roaring Twenties.

💡 Did you know? Coolidge governed in the „Roaring Twenties“, a time of economic boom: shortly before the great crash of 1929.

Silent Cal

For his reticence.

💡 Did you know? „Silent Cal“ was famously taciturn: a woman bet she could get more than two words out of him; he replied only: „You lose.“

low taxes

In an economic boom.

💡 Did you know? Coolidge stood for small government and low taxes: „the business of America is business“, he said.