Education
He attended the public schools and Saint Patrick"s Academy in Troy, Albany Business College, the City College of New York, and Heffley Institute in Brooklyn.
politician member of the New York State Senate
He attended the public schools and Saint Patrick"s Academy in Troy, Albany Business College, the City College of New York, and Heffley Institute in Brooklyn.
During World War I, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France as a sergeant first class. On April 14, 1930, he was hurt in an airplane wreck in Albany. On February 21, 1941, he was badly injured when he fell down a stairway and crashed through a glass door.
He died on October 10, 1945, in Veterans Hospital in the Bronx.
And was buried at the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Coughlin was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Company, 11th Doctorate) in 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934. He was a member of the New York State Senate (6th Doctorate) from 1935 to 1944, sitting in the 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd and 164th New York State Legislatures.