16 Facts About Carlos Coolidge

Carlos Coolidge was an American Whig politician, a lawyer, a Vermont state representative, the Speaker of the Vermont House, a state senator, and the 19th governor of Vermont.

Carlos Coolidge attended the schools of Windsor, and studied with Reverend James Converse of Weathersfield in preparation for attending college.

Carlos Coolidge began studies at Dartmouth College, transferred to Middlebury College in 1809, and graduated with honors in 1811.

Carlos Coolidge studied law with Peter Starr of Middlebury, and then with Jonathan H Hubbard of Windsor, attained admission to the bar, and began a practice in Windsor in 1814.

On September 22,1817, Carlos Coolidge married Harriet Bingham and the couple had two daughters, Mary and Harriet.

Mary Carlos Coolidge was the wife of Reverend Franklin Butler.

In 1816, Carlos Coolidge was commissioned as a captain in the Vermont Militia, and assigned to 1st Regiment, 4th Division.

Carlos Coolidge remained in the militia for several years, and advanced to colonel and commander of the regiment.

Carlos Coolidge was one of the first members of the state Board of Bank Commissioners.

Carlos Coolidge was elected State's Attorney for Windsor County and served from 1831 until 1836.

Carlos Coolidge was a Representative in the Vermont House from 1834 to 1837, and served as Speaker from 1836 to 1837.

Carlos Coolidge served in the House again from 1839 to 1842, and was again Speaker of the House.

Carlos Coolidge was one of Vermont's presidential electors in 1844, and cast his ballot for Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen.

Carlos Coolidge served two terms as Governor of Vermont from October 1,1848, to October 11,1850.

Carlos Coolidge became a Republican when the party was founded in the 1850s, and served in the Vermont State Senate from 1853 to 1857, after which he again returned to his law practice.

Carlos Coolidge died in Windsor, Vermont, on August 15,1866, and is interred in Windsor's Old South Church Cemetery.