CHARLES DEVENS

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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
April 4, 1820;
Charlestown, Massachusetts

DIED: 
January 7, 1891;
Boston, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Harvard University

POLITICAL PARTY: 
Whig,
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1841-1849:
Attorney 
1848-1849:
State Senator
1849-1853:
U.S. Marshall for the District of Massachusetts 
1861-1866:
U.S. Army/ Union Army 
1867-1873:
Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts
1873-1877:
Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court
1877-1881:
U.S. Attorney General
1881-1891:
Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court

RESOURCES:
Department of Justice
Massachusetts Court System
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PORTRAITS:

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Artist: Frederick P. Vinton (Department of Justice Portrait)