Arthur W. Coolidge

Arthur W. Coolidge
56th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 2, 1947 – January 6, 1949
Governor Robert F. Bradford
Preceded by Robert F. Bradford
Succeeded by Charles F. Sullivan
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1941–1946
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1937–1940
Personal details
Born Arthur William Coolidge
October 13, 1881
Cumberland County, Maine
Died January 23, 1952 (aged 70)
Reading, Massachusetts
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Mabel Tilton
Profession lawyer

Arthur William Coolidge (October 13, 1881 – January 23, 1952 [1]) was a Massachusetts politician who served multiple positions within the state government.

Born in Cumberland County, Maine, Coolidge worked as a lawyer before becoming a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1937–1940) and of the Massachusetts State Senate (1941–1946). From 1947 to 1949 he was the 56th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He was the Republican nominee for Governor in 1950.

He was a Republican and a Unitarian, a Freemason, serving as Grand Master of Masons (1943–1944) and a member of the American Bar Association and Theta Delta Chi. In 1951 he was elected as a member of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

A fourth cousin to President Calvin Coolidge, he had one daughter, Dorothy Coolidge Cox and two sons: Robert Tilton Coolidge (1915–1955) and Arthur William Coolidge II.[2] One of his grandchildren is film director Martha Coolidge.

Coolidge died at his home in Boston and is buried in Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, Massachusetts. The Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School, formerly Junior High School, was named in his honor.

References

  1. ↑ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/202738352.html?dids=202738352:202738352&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+23%2C+1952&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Arthur+W.+Coolidge&pqatl=google
  2. ↑ http://dl.tufts.edu/catalog/tei/tufts:UA069.005.DO.00001/chapter/C00035
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert F. Bradford		 Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1947–1949		 Succeeded by
Charles F. Sullivan
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