Calvin Coolidge

Also known as J. C. Coolidge, Silent Cal Coolidge, John Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge fue el 30.º presidente de los Estados Unidos, sirviendo desde 1923 hasta 1929. Abogado republicano de Massachusetts, sirvió desde 1921 hasta 1923 como el 29.º vicepresidente, bajo el presidente Warren G. Harding, y desde 1919 hasta 1921 como el 48.º gobernador de Massachusetts. Coolidge ganó reputación como conservador de gobierno pequeño, con una personalidad taciturna y un sentido del humor seco que le ganó el apodo "Silent Cal".

Occupation: politician, lawyer, statesperson, autobiographer
Position held: President of the United States, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Governor of Massachusetts, Vice President of the United States
Citizenship: United States
Born: July 4, 1872
Died: January 5, 1933

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Also known as J. C. Coolidge, Silent Cal Coolidge, John Calvin Coolidge

Notable quotes

“[Speaking of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen] ...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.”
— As quoted in The Human Odyssey: Volume 2 by Tanim Ansary et al, p. 653.
“It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.”
— From 'Address at Holy Cross' (25 June 1919), published in Have Faith In Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages (2nd Ed.), Coolidge, Houghton Mifflin, p. 231.
“Those who do not want to be partakers of the American spirit ought not to settle in America.”
— Adequate Brevity, page 50 (January 1, 1924).
“I do not choose to run for President in 1928.”
— Statement to reporters (2 August 1927); cited in Bartlett's Famous Quotations, 16th ed. (1992).
“I think the American people want a solemn ass as a President and I think I will go along with them.”
— To Ethel Barrymore, as quoted in Greenberg, David (2006). Calvin Coolidge. The American Presidents Series. Times Books. , p. 60.
“I feel I no longer fit in with these times.”
— To a friend, shortly before Coolidge's death, as quoted in Coolidge: An American Enigma (1998), by Robert Sobel, Regnery Publishing, p. 410.

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