Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was a politician in the Democratic Party in the early twentieth century. In 1932 he was elected President of the United States, defeating Hosea Blackford on a platform of discontinuing Blackford's costly and ineffective economic programs to promote recovery of the economy following the stock market crash of 1929 and of prosecuting the Pacific War against Japan more effectively.

Coolidge was elected but died before taking office while meeting with his transitional team in Washington, DC in 1933. His term was served by his running mate, Herbert Hoover.