Born in
Cynthiana, Kentucky, Coleman attended the grammar and high schools. He was graduated from
Transylvania College,
Lexington, Kentucky. He studied law. He was
admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as member of the State House of Representatives in 1824 and 1825. Coleman was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). He moved to
Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he resumed the practice of law. Postmaster of Vicksburg 1841–44. He again resumed the practice of law. He died in
Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was interred in
Cedar Hill Cemetery. ==References==