Charles Edward Coffin

Charles Edward Coffin (July 18, 1841 – May 24, 1912), was an American industrialist and Republican politician who moved to Maryland during the American Civil War to operate ironworks near the national capital, and later served in both houses of the Maryland legislature as well as the United States House of Representatives. descended from numerous long-settled elite New England families. He attended the Boston grammar and high schools. He was re-elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from November 6, 1894, to March 3, 1897.

Personal life He was married to Mary Kate. Together, they had one son and six daughters.

Death Coffin suffered a stroke in his final years and died in Muirkirk on May 24, 1912. He was interred in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Beltsville, Maryland.