Marcus A. Coolidge

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Marcus A. Coolidge

Marcus Aurelius Coolidge (born October 6, 1865 in Westminster , Worcester County , Massachusetts , †  January 23, 1947 in Miami Beach , Florida ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Massachusetts in the US Senate .

Marcus Coolidge was the son of Frederick S. Coolidge , a member of the United States House of Representatives . He was also distantly related to Calvin Coolidge , President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He attended public schools and the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College in Boston ; then he worked for his father, who was involved in the manufacture of chairs and rattan furniture. After moving to Fitchburg in 1895, he entered the construction industry. His company constructed trams, waterworks and bridges, as well as machine tools.

In Fitchburg he also took over his first political office as mayor from 1916. In 1919 he was sent by President Woodrow Wilson as a special envoy to Poland to represent the interests of the Peace Commission after the end of the World War . The following year he chaired the Massachusetts Democratic Convention; also in 1920 he applied for the office of lieutenant governor , but was defeated by the Republican Alvan T. Fuller . He then became the curator and president of the Cushing Academy , a boarding school in Ashburnham .

In 1930, Coolidge was elected to the Senate. He served in Washington, DC from March 4, 1931 to January 3, 1937; this was a full term after the beginning of the terms was brought forward by the ratification of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution . From 1933 to 1937, Coolidge chaired the Immigration Committee. In 1936 he decided not to be re-elected. He returned to Fitchburg and went about his previous business. Marcus Coolidge died on January 23, 1947 at St. Francis Hospital in Miami Beach. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery , Westminster. In Fitchburg, a recreation park bears his name, for which he had previously ceded land in his possession to the city. A memorial stone commemorates the politician there.

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SURNAME Coolidge, Marcus A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coolidge, Marcus Aurelius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Westminster , Worcester County , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1947
Place of death Miami Beach , Florida