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Calvin Coolidge

1872-1933 · Thirtieth President; advocate of economy and ordered liberty in the 1920s

About Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) had succeeded Harding and then won election in 1924. His inaugural praises postwar recovery while insisting that economy in government is a way of saving people, not only dollars.

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“My Countrymen: NO one can contemplate current conditions without finding much that is satisfying and still more that is encouraging”
Inaugural Address (Calvin Coolidge), Opening sentence · Reader

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Inaugural Address (Calvin Coolidge)

Calvin Coolidge

1925 · Early 20th Century · Oratory

Calvin Coolidge, who had become President when Harding died in August 1923, was sworn in for his own term on 4 March 1925 by Chief Justice William Howard Taft, the only former President to administer the oath. The address from the East Portico was the first inaugural carried nationally by radio.

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