Frederick Spaulding Coolidge (December 7, 1841 – June 8, 1906) was a

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from

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and the father of

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Marcus Allen Coolidge.

Biography

Born to Charles and Nancy (Spaulding) Coolidge in

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, he was a descendant on his father's side of

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who came from the

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region of England to the

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in 1634. Coolidge attended the common schools. He began his career working at his father's chair factory, however in 1876 his father's factory burned down. After the destruction of his father's factory Coolidge became manager of the Boston Chair Manufacturing Co. in Ashburnham, Massachusetts and later of the Leominster Rattan Works. Coolidge was a member of the Board of Selectmen of his native town for three years. He served as member of the Democratic State Central Committee. Coolidge served as member of the

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in 1875. Coolidge was elected as a

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to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). While in Congress Coolidge served on the Committee on Pacific Railroads and on the Select Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands in the United States. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. He retired from active business pursuits. His daughter, Cora Helen Coolidge, went on to be president of Pennsylvania College for Women (now

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Death and burial

Coolidge died in

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, on June 8, 1906. He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery,

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Bibliography

*Buckminster, Lydia N. H.: ''The Hastings Memorial, A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Thomas Hastings of Watertown, Mass. from 1634 to 1864,'' Boston: Samuel G. Drake Publisher (an undated NEHGS photoduplicate of the 1866 edition). *Fulham, Volney Sewall (1909), ''The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records'', Burlington, VT: Free Press Printing Co., pp. 132–133

External links

Descendants of Thomas Hastings website

Descendants of Thomas Hastings on Facebook
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