Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address: Compare and Contrast

Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address: Compare and Contrast

George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)

When the father of our country bowed out after his second term (like Coolidge, he'd desperately wanted to retire after the first), the nation was in its infancy. Unlike Coolidge, Washington was not...

Calvin Coolidge, "First Annual Message" (December 6, 1923)

Coolidge got an extra year as president when his predecessor Warren Harding died in office in 1923. Which meant that former Vice President Coolidge gave the Annual Message (AKA State of the Union a...

Calvin Coolidge, "Second Annual Message" (December 3, 1924)

Coolidge delivered this Annual Message to Congress just four months before his Inaugural Address. He'd just been elected in a landslide victory for him and the Republican party.What a difference a...

New York Times, "La Follette Sees Power Combination" (October 30, 1924)

One of the biggest voices on the opposite side of the political spectrum from Coolidge in 1924-1925 was Robert La Follette, who ended up running as a third-party candidate in the election of 1924....