Timeline of the presidency of Calvin Coolidge

Presidency of Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
In office
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1829
Preceded by	Harding presidency
Succeeded by	Hoover presidency
Seat	White House, Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

The presidency of Calvin Coolidge began on August 2, 1923, when Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding, and ended on March 4, 1929.

1923

• August 2–3 - First inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
• August 17 - Washington Naval Treaty ratified by the governments of the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy.

1924

• May 26 - Immigration Act of 1924 limits the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States as of the 1890 census.
• June 2 - Indian Citizenship Act
• November 4 - United States presidential election, 1924

1925

• February 5 - Harlan F. Stone is appointed an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
• March 4 - Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge

1926

• May 20 - The Air Commerce Act is passed by Congress.
• November 2 - In the 1926 midterm elections, The Republican Party lost nine seats to the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives but retained a majority. The Republicans also lost six seats to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate but retained their majority since Vice President Charles G. Dawes cast the tie-breaking vote.^[1]

1927

• January 1 - The Cumberland River at Nashville topped levees at 56.2 feet, part of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.^[2]

1928

• May 15 - Flood Control Act of 1928 enacted in response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
• November 6 - United States presidential election, 1928

1929

• March 4 - Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States, at noon EST.

References

External links

• Presidential Key Events - Calvin Coolidge