Difference between revisions of "Calvin Coolidge"

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Template:Stub Calvin Coolidge was the Vice President of the United States of America (1921-1923) and was the 24th President of the United States of America (1923-1929). He was famous for being a man of few words, leading to the nickname Silent Cal.

Cal was at his father's house when news arrived of President Warren G. Harding's death. His father, a notary public, administered the oath of office.

Coolidge and Lyndon B. Johnson are the only two Presidents not to have been sworn in by the Chief Justice of the United States of America. Johnson was sworn in by Sarah T. Hughes on Air Force One prior to leaving Dallas for Washington, DC on November 22, 1963

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 Calvin Coolidge was the [[Vice President of the United States of America]] (1921-1923) and was the 24th [[President  of the United States of America]] (1923-1929). He was famous for being a man of few words, leading to the nickname ''Silent Cal''.
 ==Accession to the Presidency==
-Cal was at his father's house when news arrived of President [[Warren G. Harding]]'s death. His father, a notary public administered the oath of office, this makes him the only President not to be sworn in by the [[Chief Justice of the United States of America]].
+Cal was at his father's house when news arrived of President [[Warren G. Harding]]'s death. His father, a notary public, administered the oath of office.
+Coolidge and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] are the only two Presidents not to have been sworn in by the [[Chief Justice of the United States of America]].  Johnson was sworn in by [[Sarah T. Hughes]] on Air Force One prior to leaving Dallas for Washington, DC on November 22, 1963
 [[Category:Presidents of the United States]]
 [[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]