Charles Russell Codman

Birth/Death:                             1829 / 1918

League Membership:              Faneuil Hall Meeting, June 15, 1898
                                                The Anti-Imperialist League, 1898-1899
                                                New England Anti-Imperialist League
                                                The Anti-Imperialist League, 1904-1921

Role in League:                      Honorary Vice-President

Occupation:                            Merchant

Brief Biography

The Codman Family is one of New England's oldest and wealthiest. Charles Russell was born in Paris. He graduated Harvard's Law school in 1852 and served as a Colonel in the Civil War, leading the Massachusetts 45th Regiment. After the war Codman turned to the family merchant business and held several local political positions. He served on Harvard's Board of Overseers and acted as its president for three of those years. Like other New Englanders, in the 1884 election Codman voted for the Democrats and became a mugwump.

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Secondary:

Blodgett Geoffrey T. 'The Mind of the Boston Mugwump,' The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 48, No. 4. (March, 1962).

Schirmer, Daniel B. Republic or Empire: American Resistance to the Philippine War. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Publishing, 1972.

Wood, Gordon S. 'The Massachusetts Mugwumps,' New England Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 4. (December, 1960).

M. Patrick Cullinane, Liberty and Anti-Imperialism, May 25, 2008.

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