Bird Sim Coler

Bird Sim Coler (October 9, 1867 Urbana, Illinois – June 12, 1941 Brooklyn, New York) was an American politician.

Bird Sim Coler, 1908

Biography

Personal
Bird S. Coler and Emily Coler as sketched by artist-reporter Marguerite Martyn at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, 1908

Coler was born on October 9, 1868, in Urbana, Illinois, the son of William N. Coler and wife. The elder Coler established a banking house after the Civil War and brought his family to Brooklyn.[1]

The younger Coler was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.[1]

Coler and Emily Moore, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Moore, were married on October 1, 1888. He died on June 12, 1941, in Brooklyn, and she died on August 23, 1941, in the same hospital. They had a son, Eugene Bird Coler.[2][3]

Career

He established himself as a stockbroker in New York City, became prominent in municipal and State politics, and was first Comptroller of Greater New York, from 1897 to 1901. In 1902, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New York, but lost to Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., by a small plurality in spite of his enormous lead in New York City. In 1905 he was elected president of the Borough of Brooklyn, on the Municipal Ownership ticket. In 1918, he ran unsuccessfully on the Democratic ticket for New York State Comptroller.

He was the author of Commercialism in Politics, Two and Two Make Four, He Made Them Twain, and other sociological works.[1]

Legacy

Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital on Roosevelt Island bears his name.

References
  1. "Bird S. Coler Dies at 72; Ex-City and Boro Official," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 13, 1941, page 15
  2. "Mrs. Emily M. Coler Dies; Widow of Boro President," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 24, 1941
  3. "Campbell–Coler". Brooklyn Eagle. September 21, 1942. p. 4.
Party political offices
Preceded by
John B. Stanchfield		 Democratic nominee for Governor of New York
1902		 Succeeded by
D-Cady Herrick
Political offices
Preceded by
New office		 New York City Comptroller
1898–1901		 Succeeded by
Edward M. Grout
Political offices
Preceded by
Martin W. Littleton		 Borough President of Brooklyn
1906–1909		 Succeeded by
Alfred E. Steers


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