Berthold C. Coburn | |
Office: | Member of the Vermont House of Representatives |
Term Start: | 1953 |
Term End: | 1955 |
Predecessor: | Alice B. Allen |
Successor: | F. Ray Keyser Jr. |
Constituency: | Chelsea |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1899 |
Birth Place: | Belvidere, Vermont, U.S. |
Death Place: | Chelsea, Vermont, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Belvidere Center Cemetery, Belvidere, Vermont, U.S. |
Education: | Vermont School of Agriculture |
Party: | Democratic |
Occupation: | Insurance agent |
Berthold C. Coburn (January 14, 1899 – February 28, 1956) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Coburn was a native of Belvidere, Vermont on January 14, 1899.[1] He attended the local schools and the T. N. Vail School of Agriculture.[1] In 1921, he graduated from the Vermont School of Agriculture.[1] Coburn settled in Chelsea, where he worked as a cooperative fire insurance agent.
Active in politics as a Democrat, Coburn served as chairman of the Chelsea Democratic Committee and the Orange County Democratic Committee, in addition to serving on the Vermont Democratic Committee for eight years.[1] He also served in local offices including justice of the peace and town lister.[1] In 1946, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor of Vermont.[1] Coburn served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955.
Coburn was the husband of Gertrude M. Walker; they were married until her death in 1955, and had no children.[1] He died at his brother's home in Chelsea on February 28, 1956, at the age of 57.[2]