Marcus A. Coolidge
| Marcus Allen Coolidge | |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1937 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick H. Gillett |
| Succeeded by | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
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October 6, 1865 Westminster, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 23, 1947 (aged 81) Miami Beach, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Louise Warren |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Bryant & Stratton College |
Marcus Allen Coolidge (October 6, 1865 – January 23, 1947) was a Democratic United States Senator representing Massachusetts from March 4, 1931 to January 3, 1937.
Coolidge was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, son of Frederick Spaulding Coolidge. Through his father, he was descended from both John Coolidge (1604–1691) and Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1630 and 1634 respectively.
After attending public schools and Bryant & Stratton Commercial College at its former Boston, Massachusetts campus, Coolidge worked with his father's company in manufacturing chairs and rattan. He later worked in the contracting business, building street railways, water works, and bridges.
In 1916, Coolidge was elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Coolidge as special envoy to Poland to represent the Peace Commission. He became chairman of the Democratic state convention in 1920. That year he was defeated for lieutenant governor by Republican Congressman Alvan T. Fuller. Coolidge also served as trustee and president of the Cushing Academy at Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
After being elected to the United States Senate in 1930, Coolidge served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration for the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1936.
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