Channing H. Cox | |
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Chair of the National Governors Association | |
In office December 14, 1922 – November 17, 1924 | |
Preceded by | William Cameron Sproul |
Succeeded by | Elbert Lee Trinkle |
49th Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office January 6, 1921 – January 8, 1925 | |
Lieutenant | Alvan T. Fuller |
Preceded by | Calvin Coolidge |
Succeeded by | Alvan T. Fuller |
47th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office January 2, 1919 – January 6, 1921 | |
Governor | Calvin Coolidge |
Preceded by | Calvin Coolidge |
Succeeded by | Alvan T. Fuller |
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office January 6, 1915 – January 2, 1919 | |
Preceded by | Grafton D. Cushing |
Succeeded by | Joseph E. Warner |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office January 6, 1909 – January 2, 1919 | |
Member of the Boston Common Council | |
In office 1908–1909 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Channing Harris Cox October 28, 1879 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Died | August 20, 1968 West Harwich, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 88)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Mary Young (m. 1915) |
Children | 1 |
Education | Dartmouth College (AB) Harvard University (LLB) |
Channing Harris Cox (October 28, 1879 – August 20, 1968) was an American Republican politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. He served as the 49th governor of Massachusetts, from 1921 to 1925. He attended Dartmouth College and served as 47th lieutenant governor to Calvin Coolidge, winning election as governor after Coolidge decided to run for vice president. Cox was noted for advancing progressive labor legislation and adjusting administrative law to Massachusetts' changing economy. He was also the first Massachusetts governor to use radio, when he broadcast live from the Eastern States Exposition on September 19, 1921, at the debut of station WBZ in Springfield.[1]