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COOLIDGE (Soundex C432) — See also BLACKLIDGE, CONSOLIDATION, COOL, COOLEDGE, DOOLIN, DOOLING, DOOLITLE, DOOLITTLE, HILLIDGE, HOLIDAY, PESCOSOLIDO, SOLIDAY, ZAHAROOLIS.

  COOLIDGE: See also Carlos Coolidge Alden — Ernest Lorne Bell — Harry Coolidge Brown — Merton William Fairbank — Robert Earl Greenwood — Andrew Coolidge Stone
  Coolidge, Albert Sprague (b. 1894) — also known as Albert S. Coolidge — of Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 23, 1894. Son of Frederic Shurtleff Coolidge and Elizabeth Penn (Sprague) Coolidge. Socialist. Chemist; candidate for secretary of state of Massachusetts, 1922; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1934, 1936. Member, American Chemical Society. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 22, 1915, to Margaret Stewart Coit.
  Coolidge, Arthur William (1881-1952) — also known as Arthur W. Coolidge — of Reading, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 13, 1881. Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1937-40; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1941-46; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49; defeated, 1948; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1950. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Theta Delta Chi; Freemasons. Died in Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., January 22, 1952 (age 70 years, 101 days). Interment at Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge; fourth cousin of Calvin Coolidge; brother of Richard B. Coolidge; married, December 15, 1910, to Mabel F. Tilton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) — also known as John Calvin Coolidge; "Silent Cal"; "Cautious Cal" — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Plymouth, Windsor County, Vt., July 4, 1872. Son of John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926) and Victoria Josephine (Moor) Coolidge (1846-1885). Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1907; mayor of Northampton, Mass., 1910-11; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1912-15; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-19; Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Vice President of the United States, 1921-23; President of the United States, 1923-29. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Died of coronary thrombosis in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., January 5, 1933 (age 60 years, 185 days). Interment at Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
  Presumably named for: John Calvin
  Relatives: Son of John Calvin Coolidge (1845-1926) and Victoria Josephine (Moor) Coolidge (1846-1885); cousin of William Wallace Stickney; married, October 4, 1905, to Grace Anna Goodhue (1879-1957); fourth cousin of Richard B. Coolidge and Arthur William Coolidge; father of John Coolidge (1906-2000; son-in-law of John Harper Trumbull). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Cross-reference: John W. Langley — Everett Sanders
  Personal motto: "Do the day's work."
  Campaign slogan (1924): "Keep cool and keep Coolidge."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Books by Calvin Coolidge: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929)
  Books about Calvin Coolidge: Peter Hannaford, ed., The Quotable Calvin Coolidge : Sensible Words for the New Century — Robert H. Ferrell, The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge — Robert Sobel, Coolidge: An American Enigma — David Greenberg, Coolidge
  Critical books about Calvin Coolidge: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  Coolidge, Carlos (1792-1866) — of Windsor, Windsor County, Vt. Born in Windsor, Windsor County, Vt., June 25, 1792. Whig. Lawyer; Windsor County Attorney, 1831-36; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1834-37, 1839-42; Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1836-37; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1844; Governor of Vermont, 1848-50; member of Vermont state senate, 1855-57. Died in Windsor, Windsor County, Vt., August 15, 1866 (age 74 years, 51 days). Interment at Old South Church Cemetery, Windsor, Vt.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Coolidge, Mrs. Charles A. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Coolidge, Charles A. — of Keene, Cheshire County, N.H. Mayor of Keene, N.H., 1960-61. Still living as of 1961.
  Coolidge, Clyde R. — of Somersworth, Strafford County, N.H. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
  Coolidge, Edgar S. (b. 1855) — of Lowell, Orleans County, Vt. Born in Wyocena, Columbia County, Wis., October 11, 1855. Republican. Farmer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Lowell, 1888. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.
  Coolidge, Frederick Spaulding (1841-1906) — also known as Frederick S. Coolidge — of Massachusetts. Born in Westminster, Worcester County, Mass., December 7, 1841. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1891-93; defeated, 1892. Died in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., June 8, 1906 (age 64 years, 183 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Westminster, Mass.
  Relatives: Father of Marcus Allen Coolidge.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Coolidge, Glenn E. — of Felton, Santa Cruz County, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956, 1960. Still living as of 1960.
  Coolidge, Henry H. (d. 1884) — of Edwardsburg, Cass County, Mich.; Niles, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Leominster, Worcester County, Mass. Republican. Lawyer; Cass County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; circuit judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1872-78; appointed 1872; resigned 1878. Presbyterian. Died in 1884. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Sarah A. Mead; father of Orville W. Coolidge.
  Coolidge, J. Randolph — of Sandwich, Carroll County, N.H. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1928. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Coolidge, Jefferson See Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
  Coolidge, John Calvin See Calvin Coolidge
  Coolidge, John E. — of Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  Coolidge, John Gardner (1863-1936) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 4, 1863. Son of Joseph Randolph Coolidge and Julia (Gardner) Coolidge. Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Pretoria, 1900; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1908. Unitarian. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 28, 1936 (age 72 years, 239 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson; son of Joseph Randolph Coolidge and Julia (Gardner) Coolidge; married, April 29, 1909, to Helen Granger Stevens. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Coolidge, John W. — of Bristol, Grafton County, N.H. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Bristol; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Coolidge, Louis Arthur (b. 1861) — also known as Louis A. Coolidge — of Milton, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Natick, Middlesex County, Mass., October 8, 1861. Son of William L. Coolidge and Sarah Isabella (Washburn) Coolidge. Republican. Newspaper correspondent; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, 1888-91; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, January 2, 1890, to Helen I. Pickerill.
  Coolidge, Marcus Allen (1865-1947) — also known as Marcus A. Coolidge — of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Westminster, Worcester County, Mass., October 6, 1865. Son of Ellen Drusilla (Allen) Coolidge and Frederick Spaulding Coolidge. Democrat. Chairmaker; builder; president, Fitchburg Machine Works; president, Seneca Falls (N.Y.) Machine Co., manufacturers of machine tools; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1902, 1904; mayor of Fitchburg, Mass., 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920, 1924, 1932, 1936; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1928; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37. Universalist. Member, Elks. Died in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Fla., January 23, 1947 (age 81 years, 109 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Westminster, Mass.
  Relatives: Married, October 1, 1898, to Ethel Louise Warren.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Coolidge, Orville W. (1839-1918) — of Niles, Berrien County, Mich. Born in Edwardsburg, Cass County, Mich., October 9, 1839. Son of Sarah (Mead) Coolidge and Henry H. Coolidge. Lawyer; mayor of Niles, Mich., 1890-91; circuit judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1894-1911. Died in Niles, Berrien County, Mich., October 15, 1918 (age 79 years, 6 days). Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
  Relatives: Married 1867 to Katie Pettengill.
  Coolidge, Randolph See J. Randolph Coolidge
  Coolidge, Richard B. (b. 1879) — of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 14, 1879. Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge. Republican. Lawyer; president, First National Bank of Medford; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1920-22; mayor of Medford, Mass., 1923-26; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928. Unitarian. Member, Theta Delta Chi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Exchange Club. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Merrit B. Coolidge and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge; fourth cousin of Calvin Coolidge; married, September 12, 1908, to Ruth B. Dame; brother of Arthur William Coolidge. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Coolidge, T. Jefferson See Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
  Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson (1831-1920) — also known as T. Jefferson Coolidge — Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 26, 1831. Son of Joseph Coolidge and Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge. Republican. Manufacturer; cotton mill business; president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and other companies; U.S. Minister to France, 1892-93. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 17, 1920 (age 89 years, 83 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson
  Relatives: Great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson; grandson of Thomas Mann Randolph; son of Joseph Coolidge and Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge; married 1852 to Hetty Sullivan Appleton (daughter of William Appleton). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Coolidge, Warren H. — of North Carolina. Republican. Candidate for North Carolina state attorney general, 1968; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1969-73. Still living as of 1973.
  Coolidge, William W. — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1912. Burial location unknown.



 

 


 
   
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