Richard B. Coolidge

Richard Bradford Coolidge
9th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office January 2, 1923[1] – 1926
Preceded by	Benjamin Haines
Succeeded by	Edward H. Larkin
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 25thMiddlesex District[2]
In office 1920[2] – 1922[2]
Member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[2] Ward 4
In office 1917[2] – 1919[2]
Personal details
Born	September 14, 1879[2] Portland, Maine[2]
Died	January 18, 1957 (aged 77)[3]
Political party	Republican[2]
Alma mater	Tufts College, Harvard Law School

Richard Bradford Coolidge (September 14, 1879 – January 18, 1957) was a Massachusetts politician.

Early life and family

Coolidge was born in the Deering Center area of Portland, Maine. He was the fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge.^[4]

Education

Coolidge graduated from Tufts College in 1902 and served as a trustee of the school from 1924 to 1944 and from 1953 to 1957.^[5] He attended Harvard Law School.

Career as an attorney

Coolidge practiced in the law firm "French and Curtiss."^[6]

Political service

From 1920 to 1922, Coolidge represented Medford and Winchester in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served as the clerk of the judiciary committee.^[7] Coolidge served as the mayor of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, from 1923 to 1926.^[8] He later served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1928.

Death

Coolidge died in Concord, Massachusetts in 1957.

References

1. Boston Daily Globe (January 3, 1923), MEDFORD INAUGURATES RICHARD B. COOLIDGE, Boston, MA: The Boston Daily Globe, p. 12.
2. Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public officials of Massachusetts 1921–1922, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 130.
3. The Sons of the American Revolution (1957), The Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, Louisville, Kentucky: The Sons of the American Revolution, p. 28.
4. "Index to Politicians: Coolidge". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
5. Historical List of Trustees of Tufts University Tufts University. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
6. "The American bar" James Clark Fifield, 1918. Page 298. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
7. Massachusetts. General Court; Gifford, S.N.; Marden, G.A.; McLaughlin, E.A.; Clapp, E.H.; Sleeper, G.T.; Coolidge, H.D.; Kimball, J.W.; Robinson, W.S.; Stowe, W. (1925). A Manual for the Use of the General Court. s.n. p. 530. ISSN 0196-5298. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
8. Medford Historical Society Emerging City. Retrieved April 21, 2010.