Coolidge won a decisive victory over Democrat John W. Davis, with clear majorities in both the popular vote (54%) and the Electoral College (382 votes to 136 votes) and winning almost every state outside of the Solid South.

Coolidge disdained regulation and demonstrated this by appointing commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission who did little to restrict the activities of businesses under their jurisdiction. The regulatory state under Coolidge was, as one biographer described it, "thin to the point of invisibility."

Rebecca the raccoon had been sent to the White House to be served for the 1926 Thanksgiving dinner, but the Coolidges decided to keep her as a pet instead. She had free run of the White House and walked on a leash outdoors. At times, she could be mischievous, and was known to unscrew lightbulbs, open cabinets and unpot houseplants. For Christmas, an embroidered collar was made for her, inscribed with the title: "White House Raccoon", and she enjoyed participating in the annual White House Easter egg roll.

Charles G. Dawes was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who served as the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.

In 1924, Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1924, which reduced income tax rates and eliminated all income taxation for some two million people. They reduced taxes again by passing the Revenue Acts of 1926 and 1928, by which time only the wealthiest 2% of taxpayers paid any federal income tax.

After his horseback riding was curtailed by concerned Secret Service agents, Coolidge installed a mechanical horse saddle in the White House. The machine ran on electricity and could vary gaits, from a trot to a gallop, by the push of a button. Coolidge rode the contraption religiously, three times a day, believing it was beneficial to his health. Referred to as "Thunderbolt", by the press, the device was widely mocked by observers who felt riding a replica horse was not conduct befitting a president. Silent Cal's mechanical horse now sits motionless at the Calvin Coolidge Library and Museum in Northampton, Mass.

Calvin Coolidge vetoed a total of 50 bills (20 regular vetoes and 30 pocket vetoes), four of which were overruled by Congress.

A United States commemorative half dollar issued in 1926 featured portraits of the first president, George Washington, and the then-current president, Calvin Coolidge. On March 4, 1925, former president William Howard Taft, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to Coolidge. The first national radio broadcast of an inauguration occurred that same day.

With golf's popularity surging during his tenure, Coolidge played out of obligation, and his game reflected it as he usually required double-digit shots on each hole. When successor Herbert Hoover moved into the White House, the only thing said to be left behind were Coolidge's bag of clubs.

Shortly before his sudden death from coronary thrombosis, Coolidge spoke his last words: "Good morning, Robert." He was greeting a carpenter who was working on his house. Perhaps more fitting are the words spoken to a friend not long before his death: "I feel I no longer fit in with these times."