Carlos Coolidge

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Carlos Coolidge

In office
1848 – 1850
Lieutenant(s) Robert Pierpoint
Preceded by Horace Eaton
Succeeded by Charles K. Williams

Born June 25, 1792
Windsor, Vermont
Died August 15, 1866
Windsor, Vermont
Political party Whig
Profession lawyer / politician

Carlos Coolidge ( June 25, 1792 - August 15, 1866) was an American Whig politician. He was born in Windsor, Vermont in 1792. Graduated from Middlebury College in 1811; attorney for windsor County, Vermont from 1831 until 1836; representative in the legislature 1834-1837 and 1839-1842; speaker in 1836; governor of Vermont 1848-1850; received the degree of LLD. from Middlebury in 1849; Vermont state senator 1855-1857. He died in Windsor, Vermont on August 15, 1866.

Carlos was a distant ancestor of Calvin Coolidge[1].

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  1. ^ http://www.vt-world.com/Archive/2003/December_24_2003/Features.htm