| Charles Cotesworth Beaman | |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1840 |
| Birth Place: | Houlton, Maine |
| Death Place: | New York, New York |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Signature: | Signature of Charles Cotesworth Beaman (1840–1900).png |
Charles Cotesworth Beaman Sr. (May 7, 1840 – December 15, 1900) was an American lawyer who wrote The National and Private Alabama Claims and their Final and Amicable Settlement (1871).[1] In December 1870 he served as the first-ever Solicitor General of the United States, a position created to compile the individual claims of losses caused by Confederate raider ships during the United States Civil War.[2]
Charles Cotesworth Beaman was born in Houlton, Maine on May 7, 1840.[3]
He graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School.[4] He began practicing law in New York City in 1867.[3]
Beaman was also a vice president of the University Club of New York from 1890 to 1899 and a president from 1899 to 1900.[5]
He died at his home in New York on December 15, 1900.[6]