| COOLIDGE:
See also
Carlos
Coolidge Alden —
Ernest
Lorne Bell —
Harry
Coolidge Brown —
Merton
William Fairbank —
Robert
Earl Greenwood —
Andrew
Coolidge Stone |
|
Coolidge, Albert Sprague
(1894-1977) —
also known as Albert S. Coolidge —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
23, 1894.
Socialist. Chemist;
candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1934, 1936.
Member, American
Chemical Society.
Died in Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
31, 1977 (age 83 years, 220
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
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.
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.
|
|
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.
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
and Victoria Josephine (Moor) Coolidge; married, October
4, 1905, to Grace Anna Goodhue; father
of John Coolidge (son-in-law of John
Harper Trumbull); first cousin twice removed of Arthur
Brown; second cousin once removed of William
Wallace Stickney. |
| | Political families: Coolidge
family of Plainville, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: John
W. Langley — Everett
Sanders — Robert
C. Lacey |
| | 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 — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | 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 —
Amity Shlaes, Coolidge |
| | Critical books about Calvin Coolidge:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | Image source: "The Statesman," George
Wythe University, October 2012 |
|
|
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; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Vermont; 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.
|
|
Coolidge, Mrs. Charles A. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1924.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Coolidge, Charles A. —
Member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1933-36.
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, Charles W. —
National candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
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, 1880; 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.
|
|
Coolidge, Glenn E. —
of Felton, Santa Cruz
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Coolidge, Grace
(1879-1957) —
also known as Grace Anna Goodhue —
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., January
3, 1879.
First Lady of Massachusetts, 1919-21; Second Lady
of the United States, 1921-23; First Lady
of the United States, 1923-29.
Female.
Died in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., July 8,
1957 (age 78 years, 186
days).
Interment at Plymouth
Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vt.
|
|
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.
|
|
Coolidge, J. Randolph —
of Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Hampshire, 1928.
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.
Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Pretoria, as of 1900; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1908.
Unitarian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
28, 1936 (age 72 years, 239
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
| |
Relatives: Son
of Joseph Randolph Coolidge and Julia (Gardner) Coolidge; married, April
29, 1909, to Helen Granger Stevens; nephew of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge; grandnephew of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; great-grandson of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha
Jefferson Randolph; second great-grandson of Thomas
Jefferson and John
Lowell; second great-grandnephew of Timothy
Pickering; third great-grandson of Archibald
Cary; fourth great-grandson of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of Augustus
Peabody Gardner; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes and William
Amory Gardner Minot; first cousin thrice removed of Dabney
Carr and John
Wayles Eppes; first cousin four times removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin five times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin once removed of Frederick
Madison Roberts; second cousin twice removed of Dudley
Leavitt Pickman and Dabney
Smith Carr; second cousin thrice removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall and John
Wingate Weeks (1781-1853); second cousin four times removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, James
Keith Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell and John
Forbes Kerry; fourth cousin of Edith
Wilson; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II, John
Wingate Weeks (1860-1926) and John
Lee Saltonstall. |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
|
Coolidge, John W. —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for New Hampshire.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
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
(1861-1925) —
also known as Louis A. Coolidge —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
8, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1888-91; assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury,
1908; treasurer and director, United Shoe
Machinery Corporation, 1909; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from liver
sclerosis, in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 31,
1925 (age 63 years, 235
days).
Interment at Dell
Park Cemetery, Natick, Mass.
|
|
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.
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;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37.
Universalist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
23, 1947 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Westminster, Mass.
|
| Coolidge of
Kansas, The: See
Benjamin
Sanford Paulen |
|
Coolidge, Orville W.
(1839-1918) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Edwardsburg, Cass
County, Mich., October
9, 1839.
Lawyer;
Berrien
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72; 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.
|
| Coolidge,
Randolph See J. Randolph
Coolidge |
|
Coolidge, Richard Bradford
(1879-1957) —
also known as Richard B. Coolidge —
of West Medford, Medford, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
14, 1879.
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.
Died in Deering, Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
17, 1957 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| 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.
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: Son of Ellen Wayles
(Randolph) Coolidge and Joseph Coolidge; married, November
4, 1852, to Mehitable Sullivan 'Hetty' Appleton (daughter of William
Appleton); nephew of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; uncle of John Gardner
Coolidge; grandson of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha
Jefferson Randolph; great-grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; second great-grandson of Archibald
Cary; third great-grandson of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes; first cousin twice removed of Dabney
Carr and John
Wayles Eppes; first cousin thrice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Frederick
Madison Roberts; second cousin once removed of Dabney
Smith Carr; second cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, James
Keith Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; fourth cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, John
Augustine Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison II; fourth cousin once removed of Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, William
Lewis Cabell, George
Craighead Cabell, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr., William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt. |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
|
|
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 McLane —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Honorary
Consul for Cuba in Savannah,
Ga., 1926.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Coolidge, William W. —
of Salem, Essex
County, Mass.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
|