Charles R. Train Explained

Charles Russell Train
Order:16th Massachusetts Attorney General
Term Start:1872
Term End:1879
Governor:William B. Washburn
Thomas Talbot
William Gaston
Alexander H. Rice
Predecessor:Charles Allen
Successor:George Marston
State2:Massachusetts
Term Start2:March 4, 1859
Term End2:March 3, 1863
Predecessor2:Chauncey L. Knapp
Successor2:John D. Baldwin
Office3:District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Term3:1853–1855
Successor3:Isaac S. Morse
Term4:1848–1851
Successor4:Asa W. Farr
Office5:Member of the Boston Common Council
Term5:1867
Office6:Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council
Term Start6:1857
Term End6:1856
Office7:District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Term Start7:1853
Term End7:1855
Term Start8:1848
Term End8:1851
Office9:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term Start9:1847
Term End9:1848
Birth Date:18 October 1817
Birth Place:Framingham, Massachusetts
Death Place:North Conway, New Hampshire
Restingplace:Edgell Grove Cemetery, Framingham, Massachusetts
Party:Republican
Children:Charles Jackson Train
Arthur Cheney Train
Alma Mater:Brown University
Profession:Law
Signature:Signature of Charles Russell Train (1817–1885).png

Charles Russell Train (October 18, 1817 – July 29, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1859 to 1863.

Early life and education

Charles Russell Train was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on October 18, 1817.[1] He attended the common schools, Framingham Academy, and was graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1837.

Train studied law at Harvard University.Train was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1841.[1]

Political career

Train served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1847 and 1848.

From 1848 to 1851 and 1853 from 1855, Train was district attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[2] He declined the appointment of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1852.

Train served as delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853.

Train served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1856 and 1864.

Train served as member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council in 1857 and 1858.

Congress

Train was elected as Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863).

Train served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862.

Train was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1862 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against West H. Humphreys, United States judge for the several districts of Tennessee. During the Civil War, Train served in the Union Army as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General George B. McClellan.

Massachusetts attorney general

Train moved to Boston, Massachusetts.

In 1867, Train served on the Boston Common Council.[3]

Train again served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1868 to 1871.

Train was elected Massachusetts Attorney General from 1872 to 1879, after which he resumed the practice of law.[4]

Death and burial

Train died while on a visit in North Conway, New Hampshire, July 29, 1885.[4] He was interred in Edgell Grove Cemetery, Framingham, Massachusetts.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts . I . William T. . Davis . The Boston History Company . 341 . 1894 . 2023-07-10 . Internet Archive.
  2. Book: Conklin . Edwin P. . Middlesex County and Its People . 1927 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . New York . 119 . 6 August 2023.
  3. http://www.cityofboston.gov/CITYCOUNCIL/ Members of City Government 1910-2009
  4. News: Charles Russell Train: Sudden Death of the Ex-Attorney-General . . 4 . 1885-07-29 . 2023-07-10 . Newspapers.com.