James Colt

James Denison Colt (August 19, 1932 – June 5, 2008) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the 4th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 1997.

Early life Colt was born on August 19, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Mary Forbes Atkinson Colt and Henry F. Colt. He was a member of Forbes family.

Legal career In 1959, Colt joined the Boston law firm of Peabody and Arnold. He later founded his own firm, Goodhue, Colt & Steffensen, where he practiced probate and estate law. Clark defeated Colt by 58 votes.

Colt also served as a member Republican State Committee and was Massachusetts treasurer for Ronald Reagan's 1984 presidential campaign and George H. W. Bush's 1988 campaign.

Personal life and death Colt married Elizabeth Reynolds in December 1969. The couple had three daughters.

One of Colt's nephews was author George Howe Colt, who wrote about him in The Big House. Colt was also distant cousin of John Kerry.

Colt was a co-owner of the Forbes family's estate on Naushon Island. He was a trustee of the estate for 30 years and managing trustee for seven.

Colt died on June 5, 2008, at Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, Massachusetts, of cancer.