Charles V. Blanchard

Charles V. Blanchard (February 2, 1866 – February 20, 1939) was an American politician who served as a Massachusetts State Representative and as a Massachusetts State Senator.

Charles V. Blanchard
Charles V. Blanchard circa 1911[1]
Massachusetts Senate
Third Middlesex District[1]
In office
1910[1]  January 1914
Preceded byElmer A. Stevens[2][3]
Succeeded byCharles W. Eldridge[4][5]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
26th Middlesex District[6]
In office
1906[1]  1909[1]
Personal details
BornFebruary 2, 1866[1][3]
Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
DiedFebruary 20, 1939[7]
Florida[7]
Political partyRepublican[1]
ChildrenHoward Blanchard;[7]
Ida Blanchard[7]
Alma materBryant & Stratton's Commercial College[3]
ProfessionFinancial Manager[1]

While he was a member of the Massachusetts House Blanchard developed a close friendship with Calvin Coolidge. Blanchard, it was rumored, taught Coolidge how to properly dress for various occasions.[8]

Blanchard did not seek reëlection to the senate in 1913. Blanchard was replaced by Charles W. Eldridge for the 1914 legislative term.[5]

Blanchard worked for many years for the N. E. Tel & Tel Co.[7]

Blanchard had a heart attack and died while he was on a trip to Florida, where he had gone to spend the winter.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. Who's Who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 28.
  2. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1909), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1909, Vol. XVIII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 131.
  3. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1910), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1910 Vol. XIX, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 123.
  4. Who's Who in State Politics, 1915, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1915, p. 66.
  5. Boston Evening Transcript (December 1, 1913), SENATE CHAIRMANSHIPS - Some Probabilities of President Coolidge's Coming Selections, Boston, MA: The Boston Evening Transcript, p. 16.
  6. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1908), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1908 Vol. XVII, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 159.
  7. Lewiston Evening Journal (February 21, 1939), OBITUARY Charles Blanchard, Lewiston, ME: The Lewiston Evening Journal, p. 2.
  8. Fuess, Claude Moore (1940), Calvin Coolidge - The Man from Vermont, Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., p. 98.
Political offices
Preceded by
Elmer A. Stevens
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Third Middlesex District

1910 January 1914
Succeeded by
Charles W. Eldridge


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