Background
Coolidge, Arthur William was born on October 13, 1881 in Woodfords, Maine, United States. Son of Merrit B. and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge.
Coolidge, Arthur William was born on October 13, 1881 in Woodfords, Maine, United States. Son of Merrit B. and Lucy Greenwood (French) Coolidge.
Student Westbrook Seminary, Deering, Maine. Bachelor of Arts, Tufts College, Massachusetts, 1903, Master of Arts, 1945. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1906.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar 1906, and since practiced law in Boston. Member Massachusetts legislature, 1937-1940. Member Massachusetts senate, 1941-1946, president of senate, 1945-1946.
Lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, 1947-1948.
Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts primary 1950.
Served on Massachusetts State Guard, Finance communications of Norwood, Massachusetts. Member school committee, Reading, Massachusetts. Member Massachusetts, Middlesex, and American bar associations, Ancient and Honorary Artillery Company of Boston, Mayflower Descendants, Theta Delta Chirurgical
Mason (grand master Massachusetts, 1944).
Married Mabel F. Tilton, December 15, 1910. Children: Dorothy B. (Mistress Eugene R. Cox), Robert Tilton, Arthur William.