| Birth: | Jun. 25, 1792
Windsor
Windsor County
Vermont, USA | | Death: | Aug. 15, 1866
Windsor
Windsor County
Vermont, USA | 
Governor of Vermont. Graduate, Middlebury College, 1811. Studied law, admitted to bar, practiced for over fifty years. Windsor Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk. County Attorney, 1831-36. State Representative, 1834-37, 1839-42. Speaker, 1836-37. President, state Whig Convention, November 1847. Convention passed resolutions against Mexican War and acquisition of territory by conquest and in favor of Wilmot Proviso. Governor, 1848-50. In elections of 1848 and 1849, selected by Legislature in accordance with state Constitution since no candidate had 50 percent of popular vote. State Senator, 1855-57. Carlos Coolidge House, built in 1806, still stands and is part of the Windsor Village Historic District. (bio by: Bill McKern)
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Spouse:
Harriet Bingham Coolidge (1796 - 1877)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Carlos Coolidge | | | Burial:
Old South Church Cemetery
Windsor
Windsor County
Vermont, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Bill McKern
Record added: Jan 19, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13068918 |
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