Coffin, Frank M. A Lexicon of Oral Advocacy. St. Paul, Minn.: National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Inc., 1984.
COFFIN, Frank Morey
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1919–2009
Biography
COFFIN, Frank Morey, a Representative from Maine; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, July 11, 1919; educated in Lewiston public schools; graduated from Bates College in 1940, from Harvard Business School in 1943, and Harvard Law School in 1947; served in the Pacific Theater with the United States Navy as an ensign and later as a lieutenant 1943-1946; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Lewiston, Maine; law clerk for Federal judge, district of Maine, 1947-1949; chairman Maine Democratic State committee 1954-1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1961); was not a candidate for renomination in 1960, but was unsuccessful for election as Governor of Maine; managing director of Development Loan Fund until October 1961 when he became deputy administrator of the Agency for International Development and served until 1964; appointed to serve as United States Representative to Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, 1964-1965; appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 2, 1965, and served as chief judge of that court, 1972 to 1983, and assumed senior status, February 1, 1989; chairman, U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on the Judicial Branch, 1984-1990; died on December 7, 2009, in Portland, Maine.
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Bates College
The Edmund S. Muskie Archives
Lewiston, ME
Papers:
In the Edmund Muskie Papers, ca. 1848-1996, approximately 2,728.5 linear feet.
The papers include those of Frank Morey Coffin, who was a close friend of Edmund Muskie and a fellow Democrat who represented Maine's 2nd Congressional District from 1957 to 1961. Coffin gave the files to Muskie because they related to ongoing matters affecting Maine. A finding aid is available in the repository and online.
John F. Kennedy Library
Boston, MA
Oral History:
1964, 30 pages.
Papers:
In the U.S. Agency for International Development Records, 1961-1963, 1 linear foot and 26 microfilm reels.
The papers include speeches by Frank Coffin.
Maine Historical Society
Portland, ME
Papers:
In the Autograph collection, undated, 8 items.
Persons represented include Frank Morey Coffin.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Schlesinger Library
Cambridge, MA
Papers:
In the Molly Dewson Papers, 1893-1962, 1.25 linear feet.
Subjects include Frank Morey Coffin.
University of Maine
Raymond H. Fogler Library
Orono, ME
Papers:
1960, 2 folders.
The collection contains the text of speeches given by Frank M. Coffin during his campaign for governor of Maine in 1960. The speeches date from March 13-Nov. 4, 1960, and were given on radio and television, as well as to civic groups, fraternal organizations, social clubs, etc.
Papers:
In the H. Austin Peck papers, 1948-1963, 4 linear feet.
Persons represented include Frank Morey Coffin.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Archives Division
Madison, WI
Papers:
In the Foreign Policy Association Records, 1918-1991, 36.4 cubic feet.
Prominent correspondents include Frank Coffin.
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Bibliography / Further Reading
------. The Ways Of A Judge. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980.
------. Witness For AID. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964.
Donovan, John C. Congressional Campaign: Maine Elects a Democrat. New York: Holt, 1958.