Logo

Today's Document

  • Archive
  • RSS
  • Ask
  • Suggest a Document
banner
August 3, 1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President.
Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States in the early morning hours of August 3, 1923, following President Warren G. Harding’s death in San Francisco during his tour of the west. Coolidge was vacationing at his family home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, and was sworn in by his father, a local notary.
View Separately

August 3, 1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President.

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States in the early morning hours of August 3, 1923, following President Warren G. Harding’s death in San Francisco during his tour of the west. Coolidge was vacationing at his family home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, and was sworn in by his father, a local notary.

    • #1920s
    • #Calvin Coolidge
    • #Presidential Succession
    • #Presidents
    • #Today's Document
    • #Vice President
    • #Warren G. Harding
    • #inauguration
    • #oath of office
    • #today in history
    • #POTUS
    • #President of the United States
  • 1 year ago
  • 21
  • Permalink
  • Share

Portrait/Logo

About

Daily featured documents from the holdings of the U.S. National Archives.

Connect

  • @TodaysDocument on Twitter
  • Facebook Profile
  • USNationalArchives on Youtube
  • usnationalarchives on Flickr
  • USNatArchives on Foursquare

Pages

  • About Today's Document
  • Policies
  • Mobile App
  • DOCUMERICA
  • Civil War
  • World War II
  • Women's History
  • African American History
  • Patents & Inventions
  • Animated History (GIFs!)
  • Steampunk

@TodaysDocument

loading tweets…

Things we like

  • Photo via ourpresidents

    POW Week at the Nixon Library

    A sheriff-led motorcade will escort Vietnam POWs to the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California at 12:30PM PT....

    Photo via ourpresidents
  • Photo via slatevault

    In this letter to a fan, Edgar Allan Poe unexpectedly poured out the story of his wife’s long illness. http://slate.me/10qrIE1

    Photo via slatevault
  • Photo via mypubliclands

    The Ciervo Hills in the Hollister Field Office in California. Public Lands with a blooming almond orchard in the foreground. (BLM Photo: M....

    Photo via mypubliclands
  • Photo via broadcastarchive-umd

    sedraselections:

    Edison Home Phonograph. about 1888 by JFGryphon on Flickr.

    Photo via broadcastarchive-umd
See more →
  • RSS
  • Random
  • Archive
  • Ask
  • Suggest a Document
  • Mobile

Visit www.archives.gov for official U.S. National Archives information. Copyright information. Effector Theme by Carlo Franco.

Powered by Tumblr