Julian Codman
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| Born | September 21, 1870 |
| Died | December 30, 1932(aged 62) |
| Burial place | Forest Hills Cemetery |
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| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Father | Charles R. Codman |
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Julian Codman(September 21, 1870 – December 30, 1932),[1]was an Americanlawyerwho was a vigorous opponent ofProhibitionwho was also involved with theAnti-Imperialist League.[2]
Early life
[edit]Codman was born inCotuit, Massachusetts,on September 21, 1870. He was the son of Col.Charles Russell Codman(1829–1918), a colonel in theUnion Armywho commanded the45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry,and Lucy Lyman Paine Sturgis (1833–1907).[3]Among his siblings were Russell Sturgis Codman; John Sturgis Codman; Anne McMasters Codman, who married Henry BromfieldCabot;and Susan Welles Codman, who married Redington Fiske.[1]
His maternal grandfather wasRussell Sturgis,a wealthy Boston merchant active in the China trade,[4]and his uncle was noted architect and builderJohn Hubbard Sturgis,[3]who designed theCodman HouseinLincoln, Massachusettsand theBoston Museum of Fine Arts,along withCharles Brigham.[5]
Codman received anA.B.degree fromHarvard Universityin 1892 and anLL.B.degree fromHarvard Law Schoolin 1895. He passed theMassachusetts Barexam in 1895 and began practicing as a lawyer.[1][6]
Career
[edit]Codman, an Independent, was a member of the Executive Committee of New England Anti-Imperialist League from 1902 to 1904. In 1904, he was a Delegate of theDemocratic National Convention,a Signatory of Philippine Independence Committee Petition, and sat on the Executive Committee ofAnti-Imperialist League.In 1918, he was the vice-president of Anti-Imperialist League.[1]
From 1916 until 1919, Codman served in theU.S. ArmyduringWorld War I,achieving the rank ofColonel.[1]
He was also a vice-president of the Associated Charities, headed theConstitutional Liberty Leagueand served as counsel for theJoint Legislative Committee,was a foe ofprohibition.He twice represented the combined anti-Prohibition societies at Congressional hearings.[1]
Codman co-wroteSecretary Root's Record: "Marked Severities" in Philippine Warfare.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In 1897, he married Norah Chadwick (1873–1961), daughter ofJames Read Chadwickand his wife Katherine Maria Lyman. They had two daughters, who were the wives of Guy Morris and Ransom F. Hodges.[1]
Codman died at theMassachusetts General Hospitalin Boston on December 30, 1932, and was buried atForest Hills Cemetery,which is located in theForest Hillssection of theJamaica Plainneighborhood ofBoston, Massachusetts.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghi"J. CODMAN IS DEAD; LONG DRY LAW FOE; Boston Attorney Was Widely Known as a Vigorous Prohibition Opponent. COUNSEL FOR WET GROUPS Began Fight Soon After Passage of Volatead Act--Was Executive Commander of Crusaders"(PDF).The New York Times.December 31, 1932.Retrieved11 September2018.
- ^"Codman Urges Virulent to Disregard Dry Law".Harvard Crimson.11 May 1926.
- ^abAlstyne, Lawrence Van; Ogden, Charles Burr (1907).The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry: John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640–1906.Printed for private circulation by J.B. Lippincott company. p.407.Retrieved11 September2018.
- ^Napier, Priscilla (1995).Barbarian Eye.Brassey's.p.207
- ^Wiencek, Henry; Lucey, Donna M. (1999).National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses: More Than 150 Outstanding Mansions Open to the Public.National Geographic Society.p. 34.ISBN9780792274247.Retrieved11 September2018.
- ^Brandeis, Louis D. (1973).Letters of Louis D. Brandeis: Volume III, 1913–1915: Progressive and Zionist.SUNY Press.p. 301.ISBN9781438422596.Retrieved11 September2018.
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