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1923-1929 Calvin Coolidge Vice President was Charles G. Dawes. C. Coolidge's Inaugural Address.
He was aggressively pro-business. Coolidge encouraged tax-cuts. He was however to control the speakeasies that flourished in the cities in defiance of Prohibition or to stop the gang wars over their control.
About his private life: Would anyone have listened to any young woman if Calvin Coolidge would have had a casual affair with her?
30 Calvin Coolidge Born: July 4, 1872, Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Died: January 5, 1933. Party: Republican. Age when inaugurated: 51. Term: 1923-1929. Coolidge's term was marked by economic prosperity. However, he ignored signs that the stock market was likely to collapse.
Calvin Coolidge
On Lindbergh's Return Home
June 11, 1927
Famous Fact: Coolidge was known as "Silent Cal." Once a reporter said to him, "I bet my editor I could get more than two words out of you." Coolidge replied: "You lose."(Source: scholasticnetwork.com)
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