Timeline of the Calvin Coolidge presidency
The presidency of Calvin Coolidge began on August 2, 1923, when Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding, and ended on March 4, 1929.
1923
- August 2–3 - First inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
- August 17 - Washington Naval Treaty ratified by the governments of the United Kingdom, the United States, the Empire of Japan, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy.
1924
- May 26 - Immigration Act of 1924 limits the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States as of the 1890 census.
- June 2 - Indian Citizenship Act
- November 4 - 1924 United States presidential election
1925
- February 5 - Harlan F. Stone is appointed an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- March 4 - Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
1926
- May 20 - The Air Commerce Act is passed by Congress.
- November 2 - In the 1926 midterm elections, The Republican Party lost nine seats to the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives but retained a majority. The Republicans also lost six seats to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate but retained their majority since Vice President Charles G. Dawes cast the tie-breaking vote.[1]
1927
- January 1 - The Cumberland River at Nashville topped levees at 56.2 feet, part of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.[2]
1928
- May 15 - Flood Control Act of 1928 enacted in response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
- November 6 - 1928 United States presidential election
1929
- March 4 - Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States, at noon EST.
References
- "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1926" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- "Great Mississippi River Flood, 1927 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods". www.gendisasters.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
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