Proclamation, February 14, 1925

Purpose: Establishing Inauguration Day for President Calvin Coolidge

Date: February 14, 1925

(Original document available here)


Whereas public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at twelve o’clock on the fourth day of March next to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the fourth day of March next, at twelve o’clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice.

Given under my hand and the seal of the United States in the city of Washington the 14th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-ninth.


Citation: The Statutes at Large of the United States of America from December, 1923 to March, 1925

The Coolidge Foundation gratefully acknowledges the volunteer efforts of Robert Manchester, who prepared this document for digital publication.

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