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Calvin Coolidge's father administered the oath of office in their family's parlor in the middle of the night after they learned the president had died. Calvin Coolidge's father was a public servant and a notary public. Later Calvin Coolidge was sworn in again by Justice Adolph A Hoehling Jr. in Washington. D.C. since it was questionable whether his father had the legal ability to swear him in. So Calvin went from being vice president to president overnight.

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