Coolidge Administrations - Domestic Issues
Domestic Issues
From the beginning of his presidency in August 1923, Coolidge vowed that he would continue the policies of his predecessor, Warren Harding. To a great extent Coolidge achieved this objective. Like Harding, Coolidge favored lowered taxes, a balanced budget, higher tariffs, restricting immigration into the United States, and reducing the level of government intrusion into the nation's economic system. With Republicans holding majorities in both houses of Congress during his years in office, Coolidge was remarkably successful in achieving his domestic policy objectives.
Coolidge Backs Business
President Coolidge never presented to Congress a large program of domestic legislative proposals, and the number of his programs actually declined during his years in office. Largely as a result of keeping government spending under tight control and...
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