Background
Coffin, Thomas Chalkley was born on October 25, 1887 in Caldwell, Idaho, United States. Son of Sherman M. and Jessie (Phelps) Coffin.
Coffin, Thomas Chalkley was born on October 25, 1887 in Caldwell, Idaho, United States. Son of Sherman M. and Jessie (Phelps) Coffin.
Student Phillips Exeter Academy, 1903-1906, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1907-1908, Law School (Yale), 1908-1910.
Admitted to Idaho bar, 1911, and began practice at Pocatello. Assistant attorney general of Idaho, 1913-1915. Mayor of Pocatello, 1931-1933.
Member 73d Congress (1933-1935), 2d Idaho District.
Served as 2d class petty officer, United States Navy, World War.
Married Aileen Franklin, November 11, 1920.