Hon. Loring Coes | |
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| Member of the Worcester, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen | |
| Member of the Worcester, Massachusetts Common Council | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1864–1865 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 22, 1812 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 13, 1906 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Harriet Newell Read |
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Loring Coes (April 22, 1812 – July 13, 1906) was an American inventor, industrialist and Republican politician who invented the screw type wrench, commonly known as the monkey wrench and who served as a member of the Worcester, Massachusetts City Council and Board of Aldermen, and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1][2] in 1864–1865.
- ^ William T. Davis, ed. (1897), The New England States: Their Constitutional, Judicial, Educational, Commercial, Professional and Industrial History, Volume 1, Boston, Massachusetts: D. H. Hurd & Co., pp. 418–420
- ^ William Richard Cutter, ed. (1914), New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial:A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume IV, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company., pp. 1839–1841