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At on the morning of August 3, , while visiting in Vermont, Calvin Coolidge received word that he was President. By the light of a kerosene lamp, his father, who was a notary public, administered the oath of office as Coolidge placed his hand on the family Bible.
Coolidge was "distinguished for character more than for heroic achievement," wrote a Democratic admirer, Alfred E. Smith.
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"His great task was to restore the dignity and prestige of the Presidency when it had reached the lowest ebb in our history in a time of extravagance and waste"
Born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, , Coolidge was the son of a village storekeeper.
He was graduated from Amherst College with honors, and entered law and politics in Northampton, Massachusetts. Slowly, methodically, he went up the political ladder from councilman in Northampton to Governor of Massachusetts, as a Republican.
En route he became thoroughly conservative.
As President, Coolidge demonstrated his determination to preserv
