Edward J. Coughlin

Edward Joseph Coughlin was an American civil engineer and politician from New York.

Life

Coughlin was born in Valley Falls, New York. He attended the public schools and St. Patrick's Academy in Troy, Albany Business College, the City College of New York, and Heffley Institute in Brooklyn. Coughlin then worked as an assistant civil engineer. During World War I, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France as a sergeant first class in the 20th Engineers. Coughlin was wounded four times. In 1933, he married Minnie Baumann. Coughlin had one daughter.
Coughlin was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934. On April 14, 1930, he was hurt in an airplane wreck in Albany.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1935 to 1944, sitting in the 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd and 164th New York State Legislatures. On February 21, 1941, he was badly injured when he fell down a stairway and crashed through a glass door.
He died on October 10, 1945 from heart disease, in Veterans Hospital in the Bronx; and was buried at the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn.