Charles Cotesworth Beaman | |
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Born |
Houlton, Maine | May 7, 1840
Died | December 15, 1900
New York, New York | (aged 60)
Education | |
Occupation | Lawyer |
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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]