What is William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. |image = William Thaddeus Coleman - Cabinet meeting.jpg |office = Judge of the [[United States Court of Military Commission Review]] |appointer = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start = September 21, 2004 |term_end = December 17, 2009 |predecessor = Position established |successor = [[Scott Silliman]] |office1 = 4th [[United States Secretary of Transportation]] |president1 = [[Gerald Ford]] |term_start1 = March 7, 1975 |term_end1 = January 20, 1977 |predecessor1 = [[Claude Brinegar]] |successor1 = [[Brock Adams]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1920|7|7}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]]}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|31|1920|7|7}} |death_place = {{nowrap|[[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], [[Virginia]], U.S.}} |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Lovida Hardin |children = Lovida<br>[[William Thaddeus Coleman III|William]]<br>[[Hardin L.K. Coleman|Hardin]] |alma_mater = [[University of Pennsylvania]]<br>[[Harvard Law School|Harvard University]] }} '''William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.''' (July 7, 1920 &ndash; March 31, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Attorney at law|attorney]] and politician.<ref>{{cite news |first=Linda |last=Greenhouse |title=Supreme Court Memo; Women Suddenly Scarce Among Justices' Clerks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/washington/30scotus.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2006-08-30 }}</ref> Coleman was the fourth [[United States Secretary of Transportation]], from March 7, 1975 to January 20, 1977. Coleman, Jr. died from complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]] at his home in [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], [[Virginia]] on March 31, 2017, aged 96.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hevesi|first1=Dennis|title=William T. Coleman Jr., Who Broke Racial Barriers in Court and Cabinet, Dies at 96|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/politics/william-coleman-jr-dies.html?_