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Richard Bradford Coolidge
9th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
January 2, 1923 – 1926
Preceded byBenjamin Haines
Succeeded byEdward H. Larkin
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 25th Middlesex District
In office
1920–1922
Member of the Medford, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen from Ward 4
In office
1917–1919
Personal details
BornSeptember 14, 1879
Portland, Maine
DiedJanuary 18, 1957(1957-01-18) (aged 77)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materTufts College
Harvard Law School
[1][2][3]

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

Early life and family

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Coolidge was born in the Deering Center area of Portland, Maine. He was brother of Massachusetts politician and Lieutenant Governor Arthur W. Coolidge. He was the fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge.[4]

Education

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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

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

Political service

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From 1920 to 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 to 1926.[8] He later served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1928.

Death

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Coolidge died in Concord, Massachusetts in 1957.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Sons of the American Revolution (1957), The Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, Louisville, Kentucky: The Sons of the American Revolution, p. 28
  • ^ Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public officials of Massachusetts 1921–1922, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 130
  • ^ Boston Daily Globe (January 3, 1923), MEDFORD INAUGURATES RICHARD B. COOLIDGE, Boston, MA: The Boston Daily Globe, p. 12
  • ^ "Index to Politicians: Coolidge". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
  • ^ Historical List of Trustees of Tufts University Tufts University. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  • ^ "The American bar" James Clark Fifield, 1918. Page 298. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  • ^ Massachusetts. General Court; Gifford, S.N.; Marden, G.A.; McLaughlin, E.A.; Clapp, E.H.; Sleeper, G.T.; Coolidge, H.D.; Kimball, J.W.; Robinson, W.S.; Stowe, W. (1925). "A Manual for the Use of the General Court". Manual for the Use of the General Court. s.n.: 530. ISSN 0196-5298. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  • ^ Medford Historical Society Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine 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


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