Dates in Office: 1923-1929
Important Information:
- A former Republican lawyer from Vermont.
- He was elected as Vice President in 1920 and succeeded as the President after Warren G. Harding's sudden death.
- Coolidge was then elected as President in 1924 as a small-government conservative.
- Coolidge's presidency occurred during the time of rapid economic growth, the "Roaring Twenties".
- He represented the average and favored the middle class.
- Coolidge signed the Immigration Act in 1924, designed to restrict southern and eastern European immigrants.
- He signed the Revenue Act of 1924 into legislation.