Succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Warren Harding. Was reelected in 1924 over John W. Davis and Robert M. LaFollette by a popular vote of 15,718,211 to 8,385,283 and 4,831,289, and an electoral vot of 382 to 136 and 13.Charles G. Dawes was his vice-president. On August 3, 1923 he was administered the oath of office by his father, a notary public. This historic event took place in the Vermont farmhouse home at 2:00 a.m., by the light of kerosene lamps. Called "Silent Cal".