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Calvin Coolidge issued this announcement on August 2, 1927. The surviving note spells out “nineteen twenty eight”; the displayed numerals preserve the statement's words and meaning.
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“I do not choose to run for President in 1928” — Calvin Coolidge
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I do not choose to run for President in nineteen twenty eight.
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The announcement was issued in 1927 and is a United States presidential statement; the quoted text is public domain.
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The announcement came during Coolidge's Black Hills stay, with the next presidential election approaching. White House history ↗ explains that the unusual word choose left supporters wondering whether he might accept a nomination he would not actively seek.
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Prints the sentence and dates the announcement to August 2, 1927.
The Hoover presidential-library blog quotes the announcement and explains its 1927 electoral context.
Wikimedia Commons reproduces the note with nineteen twenty eight spelled out.
Describes distribution of the statement at noon on August 2, 1927, and contemporary uncertainty over choose.
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Coolidge, Calvin. Statement to reporters, August 2, 1927. Surviving written announcement reproduced on Wikimedia Commons.
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