William F. Coolbaugh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam F. Coolbaugh
American politician
Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1821
Place of Birth: Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 13-Nov-1877
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About William F. Coolbaugh
- William Findlay Coolbaugh (July 1, 1821 – November 13, 1877) was an American politician and banker from Pennsylvania.
- After working his way up the ranks at a Philadelphia dry goods house, he began his own store in Burlington, Iowa in 1842.
- He became active in Iowa politics, serving in the Iowa Senate from 1854 to 1862.
- In 1855, he was the Democratic Party candidate to the United States Senate, but lost.
- In 1862, he moved to Chicago, Illinois to set up a banking house which became the Union National Bank of Chicago.
- Coolbaugh was also the father-in-law of Chief Justice of the United States Melville Fuller.
- Coolbaugh died of an apparent suicide in 1877.
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