Richard Bradford Coolidge (September 14, 1879 – January 18, 1957) was a Massachusetts politician.
Early life and family Coolidge was born in the Deering Center area of Portland, Maine. He was brother of Massachusetts politician and Lieutenant Governor Arthur W. Coolidge. He was the fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge.
Education Coolidge graduated from Tufts College in 1902 and served as a trustee of the school from 1924 to 1944 and from 1953 to 1957.Historical List of Trustees of Tufts University Tufts University. Retrieved April 21, 2010. He attended Harvard Law School.
Career as an attorney Coolidge practiced in the law firm "French and Curtiss.""The American bar" James Clark Fifield, 1918. Page 298. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
Political service From 1920 to 1922, Coolidge represented Medford and Winchester in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served as the clerk of the judiciary committee. Coolidge served as the mayor of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, from 1923 to 1926.Medford Historical Society Emerging City. Retrieved April 21, 2010. He later served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1928.
Death Coolidge died in Concord, Massachusetts in 1957.
See also 1920 Massachusetts legislature 1921–1922 Massachusetts legislature
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