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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Calvin Coolidge
1872–1933Industrial AgeAmericas
He believed the business of America was business, presided over the boom years of the 1920s, and quietly stepped aside before the crash came.
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Chester A. Arthur
1829–1886Industrial AgeAmericas
He reached the presidency through machine politics and promptly turned against the machine, championing the civil service reform that dismantled the very system that made him.
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