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.

He had one daughter, Dorothy Coolidge Cox and two sons: Robert Tilton Coolidge (1915–1955) and Arthur William Coolidge II . A fourth cousin to President Calvin Coolidge,^[2] he was also a ninth generation descendent of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony. One of his grandchildren is film director Martha Coolidge.

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

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Political offices
Preceded by Robert F. Bradford	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1947–1949	Succeeded by Charles F. Sullivan

Lieutenant Governors of Massachusetts

Colony (1629–86)	Goffe Humphrey T. Dudley Ludlow Bellingham Winthrop T. Dudley Bellingham Endecott Winthrop T. Dudley Endecott T. Dudley Endecott Bellingham Willoughby Leverett Symonds Bradstreet Danforth

Dominion (1686–89)	Stoughton Nicholson

Province (1692–1776)	Stoughton Povey Tailer Dummer Tailer S. Phips Hutchinson A. Oliver T. Oliver

Commonwealth (since 1776)	T. Cushing B. Lincoln Adams Gill S. Phillips Robbins L. Lincoln Cobb Gray W. Phillips L. Lincoln, Jr. Morton Winthrop Armstrong Hull Childs Reed Cushman Huntington Plunkett Brown Benchley Trask Goodrich Nesmith Hayden Claflin Tucker Talbot Knight Long Weston Ames Brackett Haile Wolcott Crane Bates Guild Draper Frothingham Luce Walsh Barry G. Cushing C. Coolidge Cox Fuller Allen Youngman Bacon Hurley Kelly Cahill Bradford A. Coolidge Sullivan Whittier R. Murphy McLaughin Bellotti Richardson Sargent Dwight O'Neill Kerry E. Murphy Cellucci Swift Healey Murray Polito

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