Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
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The second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
took place on March 4, 1925 marking the beginning of his second term as the thirtieth president
of the United States
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and former president William H. Taft administered the Oath of office. It was the first time an inauguration was broadcast nationally on radio.
-elect Charles G. Dawes
sent an insulting letter to President Coolidge informing him that he would not be attending cabinet meetings, and thus having angered the President, he then proceeded to publicly attack the entire U.S. Senate. The inauguration of the Vice President was held in the Senate Chamber in those days, and the Vice President would give an inaugural address before everyone headed on to the outside platform where the President would take the oath. Dawes made a fiery, half-hour address denouncing the rules of the Senate, the seniority system and many other things that Senators held dear.
Coolidge's address was barely mentioned in the news reports the next day.
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...
took place on March 4, 1925 marking the beginning of his second term as the thirtieth president
President of the United States
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. Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States
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and former president William H. Taft administered the Oath of office. It was the first time an inauguration was broadcast nationally on radio.
Vice President Dawes' inaugural address
Soon after his election, Vice PresidentVice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
-elect Charles G. Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S...
sent an insulting letter to President Coolidge informing him that he would not be attending cabinet meetings, and thus having angered the President, he then proceeded to publicly attack the entire U.S. Senate. The inauguration of the Vice President was held in the Senate Chamber in those days, and the Vice President would give an inaugural address before everyone headed on to the outside platform where the President would take the oath. Dawes made a fiery, half-hour address denouncing the rules of the Senate, the seniority system and many other things that Senators held dear.
Coolidge's address was barely mentioned in the news reports the next day.