Frederick S. Coolidge

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name =Frederick Spaulding Coolidge


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state =Massachusetts
district =11th
term_start =March 4, 1891
term_end =March 3, 1893
preceded =Rodney Wallace
succeeded =William F. Draper
order2 =Board of Selectmen
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order3 =Massachusetts House of Representatives
term_start3 =1875
term_end3 =1875
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birth_date =December 7, 1841
birth_place =Westminster, Massachusetts
death_date =June 8, 1906
death_place =Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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party =Democrat [Citation |last = Fulham | first = Volney Sewall | year = 1909 | title = The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records | page = 133 | publisher = Free Press Printing Co. | location = Burlington, VT | date = 1909]
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spouse =Ellen Drusilla Allen
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children = Marcus Aurelius Coolidge, Cora Helen Coolidge, Jerome Frederick Coolidge. [Citation |last = Fulham | first = Volney Sewall | year = 1909 | title = The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records | page = 133 | publisher = Free Press Printing Co. | location = Burlington, VT | date = 1909]
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profession =Businessman, Chair Manufacturer
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Frederick Spaulding Coolidge (December 7, 1841 - June 8, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and the father of United States Senator Marcus Aurelius Coolidge.

Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, 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. [Citation |last = Fulham | first = Volney Sewall | year = 1909 | title = The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records | pages = 132-133 | publisher = Free Press Printing Co. | location = Burlington, VT | date = 1909] After the destruction of his father's factory Coolidge became manager of the Boston Chair Manufacturing Co. in Ashburnham, Massachusetts [Citation |last = Fulham | first = Volney Sewall | year = 1909 | title = The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records | page = 133 | publisher = Free Press Printing Co. | location = Burlington, VT | date = 1909] and later of the Leominster Rattan Works. [Citation |last = Fulham | first = Volney Sewall | year = 1909 | title = The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records | page = 133 | publisher = Free Press Printing Co. | location = Burlington, VT | date = 1909] 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 Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1875.

Coolidge was elected as a Democrat 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.. [Citation |last = Fulham | first = Volney Sewall | year = 1909 | title = The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records | page = 133 | publisher = Free Press Printing Co. | location = Burlington, VT | date = 1909] and later of the Leominster Rattan Works. [Citation |last = Fulham | first = Volney Sewall | year = 1909 | title = The Fulham Genealogy: With Index of Names and Blanks for Records | page = 133 | publisher = Free Press Printing Co. | location = Burlington, VT | date = 1909] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.He retired from active business pursuits.He died in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on June 8, 1906.He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Westminster, Massachusetts.

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