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Marcus A. Coolidge

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American politician (1865–1947)
"Senator Coolidge" redirects here. For other uses, seeSenator Coolidge (disambiguation).

Marcus Allen Coolidge
United States Senator
fromMassachusetts
In office
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937
Preceded byFrederick H. Gillett
Succeeded byHenry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Personal details
Born(1865-10-06)October 6, 1865
Westminster, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1947(1947-01-23) (aged 81)
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEthel Louise Warren[1]
Children3[1]
Alma materBryant & Stratton College
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Marcus Allen Coolidge (October 6, 1865 – January 23, 1947) was aDemocraticUnited States Senator representingMassachusetts from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1937.

Biography

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Coolidge was born inWestminster, Massachusetts, son ofFrederick Spaulding Coolidge. Through his father, he was descended from both John Coolidge (1604–1691) andThomas Hastings who came from theEast Anglia region of England to theMassachusetts Bay Colony, in 1630 and 1634 respectively.

After attending public schools andBryant & Stratton Commercial College at its formerBoston, Massachusetts, campus, Coolidge worked with his father's company in manufacturing chairs andrattan. He later worked in the contracting business, building street railways, water works, and bridges.

In 1916, Coolidge was elected mayor ofFitchburg, Massachusetts. In 1919, PresidentWoodrow Wilson appointed Coolidge asspecial envoy toPoland to represent the Peace Commission. He became chairman of the Democratic state convention in 1920. That year he was defeated for lieutenant governor by Republican Congressman Alvan T. Fuller. Coolidge also served as trustee and president of theCushing Academy atAshburnham, Massachusetts.

After being elected to theUnited States Senate in 1930, Coolidge served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration for theSeventy-third andSeventy-fourth Congresses, but was not a candidate for renomination in1936.

After leaving the Senate, Coolidge returned to Fitchburg and his former business pursuits. He died at St. Francis Hospital inMiami Beach, Florida, in 1947, aged 81, and is interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery inWestminster, Massachusetts.[2] He donated substantial land to the city of Fitchburg for a recreational park located in the north section. The park bearing his last name is the largest in the city and bears an engraved stone memorializing his notable activities and public contributions.

He was a "distant relative" ofMassachusetts Governor andPresident of the United StatesCalvin Coolidge.[3]

Coolidge was the father-in-law of Secretary of WarHarry Hines Woodring and Mayor Robert E. Greenwood of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

References

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  1. ^abFulham, Volney Sewall (1909),The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records, Burlington, VT: Free Press Printing Co., p. 133
  2. ^"COOLIDGE, Marcus Allen – Biographical Information".bioguide.congress.gov. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2019.
  3. ^"Marcus A., Candidate in Massachusetts, Distant Kin to Calvin". October 12, 1930. Archived fromthe original on May 25, 2011.

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Preceded by
John F. J. Herbert
Democratic nominee forLieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1920
Succeeded by
John F. Doherty
Preceded byDemocratic nominee forU.S. Senator fromMassachusetts
(Class 2)

1930
Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts
1931-1937
Served alongside:David I. Walsh
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