Born in Plymouth, Vermont on July 4, 1872, Coolidge became President on August 3, 1923 following the death of President Warren G. Harding. A Republican, Coolidge presided over the notorious "Roarin' Twenties", a period of great economic prosperity. Declining to seek another term in 1928, Coolidge retired from public life. He died on January 5, 1933 in Northhampton, Massachusetts.
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