Born in Waitsfield , Vermont , Waterman graduated from the University of Vermont in 1885 and taught school before attending the University of Michigan Law School . Following his 1889 graduation , Waterman moved to Denver , where he became a successful corporate and railroad attorney and was active in politics as a Republican . After serving as a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention and running unsuccessfully for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in 1918 , Waterman was the Colorado manager for Calvin Coolidge 's 1924 presidential campaign . After Coolidge won , he appointed Waterman general counsel for the federal Oil Conservation Board . He was a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention , and later that year ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in a special election , losing the Republican nomination for a two-year term to Rice W. Means , who went on to win the general election
1916 Republican National Convention
1916 Republican National Convention
Charles W. Waterman