born July 4, 1872, Plymouth, Vt., U.S.
died Jan. 5, 1933, Northampton, Mass.
30th president of the U.S. (1923–29).
He practiced law in Massachusetts from 1897 and served as lieutenant governor before being elected governor in 1918. He gained national attention by calling out the state guard during the Boston Police Strike in 1919. At the 1920 Republican convention, "Silent Cal" was nominated for vice president and elected on a ticket with Robert La Follette . He vetoed measures to provide farm relief and bonuses to World War I veterans. His presidency was marked by apparent prosperity. Congress maintained a high protective tariff and instituted tax reductions that favoured capital. Coolidge declined to run for a second term. His conservative policies of domestic and international inaction have come to symbolize the era between World War I and the {{link=Great Depression">Great Depression .
Calvin Coolidge.
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