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1872: Born in Vermont
1895 Graduates from Amherst College
1897: Admitted to the Massachusetts bar; attorney in private practice in Northampton, Massachusetts, after 1898
1899-1901: Holds two elected positions in Northampton, Massachusetts
1907-8: Serves in Massachusetts state house
1910-11: Serves as mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts
1912-15: Serves in Massachusetts state senate
1916-18: Serves as Massachusetts lieutenant governor
1919-20: Serves as Massachusetts governor; gains national attention for firing striking police officers in Boston and using the state militia as temporary replacements
1921-23: Serves as U.S. vice president under Warren G. Harding
1923: Teapot Dome scandal rocks Harding administration
1923-29: Serves as thirtieth U.S. president, following death of Harding; fires all administration officials implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal
1929: After having declined to seek reelection, Coolidge retires to Northampton, Massachussetts; stock market crashes in October, beginning the Great Depression
1933: Dies in Massachusetts
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