Thomas C. Coffin
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1933 – June 8, 1934 |
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Preceded by | Addison T. Smith |
Succeeded by | D. Worth Clark |
Personal details | |
Born | Caldwell, Idaho Territory |
October 25, 1887
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery Pocatello, Idaho |
Nationality | United States |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Aileen Franklin Coffin (1897–1953)[1] (m. 1920–1934, his death)[2] |
Children | Jeanne Coffin (b. 1922)[3] |
Residence | Pocatello |
Profession | Attorney |
Religion | Episcopalian |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/branch | U.S. Navy |
Years of service | 1918 |
Rank | Petty officer, second class |
Unit | Aviation |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Thomas Chalkley Coffin (October 25, 1887 – June 8, 1934) was a congressman from Idaho, a Democrat in the U.S. House from 1933 to 1934.
Born in Caldwell, Idaho Territory, Coffin moved with his family to nearby Boise in 1898. He attended Boise High School and then transferred back east to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Coffin then entered Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, and was graduated from the law department of Yale University in 1910.[2] He was admitted to the bar in 1911 and was a deputy county attorney for Ada County in Boise and in 1913 became an assistant attorney general of Idaho. Coffin relocated east across the state to Pocatello in December 1915 and went into private practice. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War I as a Petty officer, second class in the aviation division.
Coffin was elected mayor of Pocatello in 1931 and ran for Congress in the 2nd district in 1932. In the Democratic landslide, he easily defeated the ten-term Republican incumbent, Addison T. Smith.[2]
Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
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1932 | Thomas Coffin | 58,138 | 55.0% | Addison Smith (inc.) | 46,273 | 43.8% | William Goold | Liberty | 1,201 | 1.1% |
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Only fifteen months into his first term, Coffin was struck by an automobile on a driveway in the south grounds of the U.S. Capitol on June 4, 1934, and suffered a fractured skull.[5] He died four days later at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C.,[2] and was buried on June 14 in Pocatello.[6]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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External links
- COFFIN, Thomas Chalkley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard – Thomas C. Coffin
- Thomas C. Coffin at Find a Grave
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | United States House of Representatives, Idaho Second Congressional District March 4, 1933–June 8, 1934 |
Succeeded by D. Worth Clark |
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