| Timeline |
| 1872 |
Born John Calvin Coolidge Jr. on 4 July |
| 1895 |
Graduates Amherst College in Massachusetts; begins to read law in Northampton, Massachusetts |
| 1897 |
Appointed Republican City Committee from Ward 2 in Northampton |
| 1898 |
Appointed City Councilman from Ward 2 |
| 1900 |
City solicitor for Northampton, Massachusetts |
| 1903 |
Appointed Clerk of Courts of Hampshire County |
| 1904 |
Chairman, Republican City Committee, Northampton |
| 1905 |
Marries Grace Anna Goodhue |
| 1906 |
Elected Representative to the Massachusetts General Court; son, John Coolidge, born |
| 1907 |
Reelected Representative |
| 1908 |
Son, Calvin Jr., born |
| 1909 |
Elected mayor of Northampton |
| 1910 |
Reelected Mayor |
| 1912 |
Member of the state Senate until 1915 |
| 1916 |
Lieutenant governor of Massachusetts until 1918 |
| 1919 |
Governor of Massachusetts until 1920 |
| 1920 |
Attemps to secure the Republican presidential nomination, loses to Harding, he becomes Harding's running-mate |
| 1921 |
Elected life trustee of Amherst College Tuskeegee dedication |
| 1923 |
Harding dies, Coolidge becomes President |
| 1924 |
Successfully runs for president; signs Indian Citizenship Act; son, Calvin Jr., dies from blood poisoning |
| 1928 |
Signs the Kellogg-Briand Pact |
| 1929 |
Autobiography published |
| 1930 |
Writes a syndicated newspaper column, "Calvin Coolidge Says" |
| 1933 |
Dies 5 January |
