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Bird Sim Coler (October 9, 1867
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The Political Graveyard entry
People from Brooklyn New York City Comptrollers Brooklyn borough presidents Candidates in the 1904 United States presidential election American political writers People from Champaign, Illinois 1867 births 1941 deaths Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery American stockbrokers 19th-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers {{US-political-writer-stub
Urbana, Illinois
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– June 12, 1941 Brooklyn, New York
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) was an American stockbroker and politician from Brooklyn
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, New York. He served as the first New York City Comptroller
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after the city's 1898 consolidation and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New York in 1902. He narrowly lost the election to Governor Benjamin Odell Jr.
Biography
Personal
Coler was born on October 9, 1868, in Urbana, Illinois
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, the son of William N. Coler and wife. The elder Coler established a banking house after the Civil War and brought his family to Brooklyn."Bird S. Coler Dies at 72; Ex-City and Boro Official," ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle,'' June 13, 1941, page 15/ref> The younger Coler was educated at
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
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Coler and Emily Moore, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Moore, were married on October 1, 1888. He died on June 12, 1941, in Brooklyn, and she died on August 23, 1941, in the same hospital. They had a son, Eugene Bird Coler."Mrs. Emily M. Coler Dies; Widow of Boro President," ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle,'' August 24, 1941/ref>
Career
He established himself as astockbroker
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in New York City
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, became prominent in municipal and State politics, and was first Comptroller of Greater New York, from 1897 to 1901. In 1902, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New York
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, but lost to Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.
Benjamin Barker Odell Jr. (January 14, 1854May 9, 1926) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 34th Governor of New York from 1901 to 1904.
Early life
Born in Newburgh, New York, in 1854, Odell's father, Benjamin B. Odell ...
, by a small plurality in spite of his enormous lead in New York City. In 1905 he was elected president of the Borough of Brooklyn, on the Municipal Ownership ticket. In 1918, he ran unsuccessfully on the Democratic ticket for New York State Comptroller
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He was the author of ''Commercialism in Politics, Two and Two Make Four, He Made Them Twain,'' and other sociological works.
Legacy
Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital
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on Roosevelt Island bears his name.
References
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People from Brooklyn New York City Comptrollers Brooklyn borough presidents Candidates in the 1904 United States presidential election American political writers People from Champaign, Illinois 1867 births 1941 deaths Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery American stockbrokers 19th-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers {{US-political-writer-stub