Horace H. Coolidge

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| name =Horace Hopkins Coolidge

| birth_date =February 11, 1832

| birth_place =Boston, Massachusetts

| death_date = February 3, 1912 (aged 79)

| death_place =Boston, Massachusetts

|restingplace =Mount Auburn Cemetery

| nationality =American

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| residence =Boston, MA

| spouse =Eunice Maria Weeks

| children =William Williamson Coolidge, Louisa Maria Coolidge, Alice Coolidge, and Charles Cummings Coolidge.

| office =President of the Massachusetts Senate

| term_start =1870

| term_end =1872

| predecessor =George O. Brastow

| successor2= George B. Loring

| office3 =Member of the
Massachusetts Senate

| term_start3 = 1869

| term_end3 =1872

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| successor3=

| office4 =Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives

| term_start4 =1865

| term_end4 =1867

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|alma_mater=Harvard College, 1852; Harvard Law School, 1856

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Horace Hopkins Coolidge (February 11, 1832 – February 3, 1912) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and as a member and President of the Massachusetts Senate.

Early life

Coolidge was born on February 11, 1832, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Amos and Louisa (Hopkins) Coolidge.{{Citation| first=Grace Williamson | last= Edes | title =Annals of the Harvard Class of 1852 | page = 64 | publisher = Privately Printed | location =Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1922}}

Education

Coolidge attended Boston Latin School, and Harvard College, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa{{Citation| last=Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Massachusetts | title =Catalogue of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Massachusetts, Harvard College: With the Constitution | page = 30 | publisher = Privately Printed | location =Cambridge, Massachusetts | year =1902}} in 1852. He received his A.M. from Harvard in 1855, and his LL.B. in 1856.{{Cite book|title=Descendants of John and Mary Coolidge of Watertown, Massachusetts|last=Coolidge|first=Emma|publisher=Private|year=1930|location=Boston, Massachusetts|pages=69}}

Massachusetts legislature

Coolidge started his career as an "eminent lawyer" in Boston. He served as a Master in Chancery and Commissioner of Insolvency. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867, and to the Massachusetts Senate from 1869 to 1872. He served as President of the Massachusetts Senate during his last three years in the Senate.{{Citation| first=George | last=Butters | title =The Genealogical Registry of the Butters Family...: Including the Descendants of William Butter, of Woburn, Mass., 1665, and the Families of New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Iowa and Others Bearing the Name, who Settled in America | page = 64 | publisher = Privately Printed | location =Oak Park, Illinois | year = 1896}}

Family life

Horace Hopkins Coolidge was a direct descendant of John and Mary Coolidge of Watertown, Massachusetts, formerly of Cottenham, England. They sailed to America in 1630 with the famous Arbella fleet led by Governor John Winthrop.

On October 27,{{Citation| first=Grace Williamson | last= Edes | title =Annals of the Harvard Class of 1852 | page = 65 | publisher = Privately Printed | location =Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1922}} 1857 Horace Coolidge married Eunice Maria Weeks.{{Citation| first=Grace Williamson | last= Edes | title =Annals of the Harvard Class of 1852 | page = 66 | publisher = Privately Printed | location =Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1922}} They had four children: William Williamson Coolidge, Louisa Maria Coolidge, Alice Coolidge, and Charles Cummings Coolidge. W.W. Coolidge was a lawyer, city councillor, and city solicitor in Salem, Massachusetts. He married Helen Whittington Mills. Louisa Maria Coolidge married Alfred Dennis Hurd of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the couple resided in Salem, Massachusetts. Hurd's father, Melancthon Montgomery Hurd, was co-founder of Hurd & Houghton, a publishing company. Today, it is Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Alfred D. Hurd was also involved in the family publishing business. The couple had two children: Marjorie and John Coolidge Hurd. Alice Coolidge died young and unmarried. Charles Cummings Coolidge spent his life at sea and as a sheep rancher in Australia and Montana. He died unmarried.

Death

Coolidge died on February 3, 1912, at his home at 7 Court Square, in Boston, Massachusetts.{{Citation| first=Grace Williamson | last= Edes | title =Annals of the Harvard Class of 1852 | page = 67 | publisher = Privately Printed | location =Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1922}} He is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife and many of his descendants.