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  Coolidge, Arthur W.
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NameArthur W. Coolidge
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Reading, Massachusetts , United States
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Born October 13, 1881
DiedJanuary 22, 1952 (70 years)
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InfoCOOLIDGE, Arthur William - Massachusetts politician and fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge.

Born in Portland ME.

Tufts College 1903, Harvard Law School 1906.

Attorney in Boston (admitted to the bar 1906).

Settled in Norwood MA, where he served on the town Finance Committee 1919-1924

Reading School Committee 1927-1936

MA State House (R) 1937-1940

MA State Senate (R) 1941-1946; President of the Senate 1945.

Lt. Governor (R-MA) 1947-1949; defeated for re-election in 1948

Candidate for Governor (R-MA) 1950.

President, Kenlit Manufacturing Company; director, Dennison Organ Pipe Company; director, Reading Cooperative; director, Boston Penny Savings Bank; trustee, Day Home for the Aged; trustee, Southern Middlesex Health Association.

Wife was Mabel (Tilton) Coolidge. Two sons and a daughter.

Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Theta Delta Chi.

Died in his home of coronary thronbosis, 1/22/1952. Interment at Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, Mass.

New York Times (including photo) 1/23/1952

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  11/07/1950 MA Governor Lost 43.14% (-13.11%)
  11/02/1948 MA Lt. Governor Lost 42.45% (-14.24%)
  11/05/1946 MA Lt. Governor Won 49.72% (+0.41%)
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