Accepting The Republican Vice-Presidential Nomination

October 1, 2020

Title: Accepting The Republican Vice-Presidential Nomination Date: July 27, 1920 Location: Northampton, MA Context: Coolidge accepts the Republican Party’s nomination for the vice presidency in the 1920 election Governor Morrow and Members of the Notification Committee: To your now formal notification I respond with formal acceptance. Your presence tells me of a leader and a […]

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Press Conference, February 28, 1928

September 22, 2020

Date: February 28, 1928 Location: Washington, DC (Original document available here) I understand that the Senate Committee is starting in to draft a flood control bill. I have talked with various members of the House and the Senate that are interested in this legislation with a view to seeing if I could not compose the […]

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Press Conference, September 25, 1928

August 21, 2020

Date: September 25, 1928 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) The President: There isn’t anything that I can add to what I have already said concerning the Anglo-French naval agreement. I haven’t any specific information about the oil controversy in Colombia. If there is anything about that it can be secured at the State […]

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Press Conference, May 22, 1928

August 21, 2020

Date: May 22, 1928 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I have every expectation of going to Gettysburg on the 30th of May. Of course, the Congressional situation makes it a little uncertain, but I think the expectation may be considered as highly definite. I haven’t made any decision about where I shall spend […]

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