Charles Russell Train (October 18, 1817 – July 28, 1885) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Massachusetts
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.
Biography
Born in
Framingham, Massachusetts
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, Train attended the common schools, Framingham Academy, and was graduated from
Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island
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, in 1837.
He studied law at
Harvard University
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.
He was
admitted to the bar
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and commenced practice in
Framingham, Massachusetts
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, in 1841.
He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1847 and 1848.
He served as district attorney 1848-1854.
He declined the appointment of
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1852.
He served as delegate to the
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.
He served as delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1856 and 1864.
He served as member of the
Massachusetts Governor's Council
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in 1857 and 1858.
Train was elected as
Republican
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Political ideology
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to the
Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863).
He 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.
He 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
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
served in the
Union Army
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as a volunteer aide-de-camp to
General
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...
George B. McClellan
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.
He moved to
Boston, Massachusetts.
He again served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1868-1871.
Massachusetts Attorney General
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1872-1879.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died while on a visit in
Conway, New Hampshire
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, July 28, 1885.
He was interred in Edgell Grove Cemetery,
Framingham, Massachusetts
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.
See also
*
1868 Massachusetts legislature
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References
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1817 births
1885 deaths
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