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Politicians in Vehicle Manufacturing in Massachusetts

Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) — also known as Howard A. Coffin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass., June 11, 1877. Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, 1933; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1944, 1948. Baptist. Member, Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., February 28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.   Relatives: Son of George Henry Coffin and Jane Clifford (Guild) Coffin; married, October 4, 1904, to Abbie Sweetland Ghodey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Alpheus Deming Gibbons (c.1819-1900) — also known as Alpheus D. Gibbons — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Born in East Granville, Granville, Hampden County, Mass., about 1819. Carriage builder; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1878-79. Died in Rahway, Union County, N.J., January 4, 1900 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Timothy Gibbons and Abigail (Seymour) Gibbons; married, December 16, 1857, to Elizabeth Garthwait.   Charles Gardner Reed (1835-1899) — also known as Charles G. Reed — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in North Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., April 2, 1835. Wheel spoke manufacturer; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1884-85. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Suffered a heart attack at the corner of Belmont and Orchard streets, and died soon after in a nearby house, Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., November 21, 1899 (age 64 years, 233 days). Interment at Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Gardner Reed and Frances Louise (Tilton) Reed; married to Luella P. Ware; married, September 25, 1873, to Elizabeth Paul Beagary; married, October 12, 1892, to Anna Sophia Whitcomb; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Pierce; fourth cousin of Frank Finley Merriam and Charles Edward Merriam Jr..   Political families: Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire; Merriam family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James H. Walker (b. 1872) — of Amesbury, Essex County, Mass. Born in Amesbury, Essex County, Mass., August 24, 1872. Republican. Carriage manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state senate Fourth Essex District, 1905-06. Burial location unknown.

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