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Calvin Coolidge

Politician · born July 4, 1872 · died 1933

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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he served from 1921 to 1923 as the 29th vice president, under President Warren G. Harding, and from 1919 to 1921 as the 48th governor of Massachusetts.

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  1. 46Became Governor of MassachusettsJanuary 2, 1919
  2. 48Became Vice President of the United StatesMarch 4, 1921
  3. 51Became President of the United StatesAugust 2, 1923

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1921–2004 · United States

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1807–1882 · France

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