History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1245 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Coolidge Declines
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The idea
On August second, nineteen twenty-seven, Coolidge announced in one sentence that he would not seek another term: I choose not to run.
In practice
A popular president stepping aside at the height of prosperity.
Where people slip
The Republican nomination for nineteen twenty-eight went to Herbert Hoover, Harding's and Coolidge's Secretary of Commerce.
Your place on the trail
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