Richard B. Coolidge

Richard Bradford Coolidge
9th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
January 2, 1923[1] – 1926
Preceded by Benjamin Haines
Succeeded by Edward H. Larkin
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
25thMiddlesex District[2]
In office
1920[2] – 1922[2]
Member of the
Medford, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[2]
Ward 4
In office
1917[2] – 1919[2]
Personal details
Born September 14, 1879[2]
Portland, Maine[2]
Died January 18, 1957[3]
Political party Republican[2]
Alma mater Tufts College,
Harvard Law School

Richard Bradford Coolidge (September 14, 1879 – January 18, 1957) was a Massachusetts politician.

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Early life and family

Coolidge was born in the Deering Center area of Portland, Maine. He was the fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge.[4]

Education

Coolidge graduated from Tufts College in 1902 and served as a trustee of the school from 1924 to 1944 and from 1953 to 1957.[5] He attended Harvard Law School.

Career as an attorney

Coolidge practiced in the law firm "French and Curtiss."[6]

Political service

From 1920–1922, Coolidge represented Medford and Winchester in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served as the clerk of the judiciary committee.[7] Coolidge served as the mayor of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, from 1923 – 1926.[8] He later served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1928.

Death

Coolidge died in Concord, Massachusetts in 1957.

References

  1. ^ Boston Daily Globe (January 3, 1923), MEDFORD INAUGURATES RICHARD B. COOLIDGE, Boston, MA: The Boston Daily Globe, p. 12. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public officials of Massachusetts 1921–1922, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 130. 
  3. ^ The Sons of the American Revolution (1957), The Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, Louisville, Kentucky: The Sons of the American Revolution, p. 28. 
  4. ^ "Index to Politicians: Coolidge". politicalgraveyard.com. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coolidge.html#0DA05L70A. Retrieved February 19, 2008. 
  5. ^ Historical List of Trustees of Tufts University Tufts University. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  6. ^ "The American bar" James Clark Fifield, 1918. Page 298. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  7. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=H3oSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA530&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U3yaP81QJYKTmbUsEW3EpfjZBrhcA&ci=88%2C223%2C552%2C35&edge=0
  8. ^ Medford Historical Society Emerging City. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Benjamin Haines		 9th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
January 2, 1923–1926		 Succeeded by
Edward H. Larkin
Preceded by
 Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
25th Middlesex District
1920–1922		 Succeeded by