Julian Codman

Julian Codman (21 September 1870-30 December 1932) was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts as the son of Col. Charles Russell Codman^[1] and his wife, née Lucy Lyman Paine Sturgis.^[2] He was a lawyer who was a vigorous opponent of Prohibition,^[3] and who was also involved with the Anti-Imperialist League.

In 1897 he married Norah Chadwick, daughter of James Read Chadwick and his wife Katherine Maria Lyman. They had two daughters.

Anti-Imperialist affiliations

• Executive Committee of New England Anti-Imperialist League 1902–04
• Delegate of Democratic National Conventions 1904
• Signatory of Philippine Independence Committee Petition 1904
• Executive Committee of Anti-Imperialist League (1904–21) 1904
• Vice president of Anti-Imperialist League (1904–21) 1918

Reform affiliations

• VP Associated Charities
• Headed the Constitutional Liberty League and served as counsel for the Joint Legislative Committee, was a foe of prohibition.
• He twice represented the combined anti-Prohibition societies at Congressional hearings.

Co-wrote

Secretary Root's Record:"Marked Severities" in Philippine Warfare

Education

• AB Harvard 1892,
• Bar Massachusetts 1895,
• LLB Harvard 1895

Military service

_US Army 1916–19

Party affiliation

Independent

References

1. Charles Russell Codman (1829–1918) was a colonel in the Union Army and commanded the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
2. Lucy Lyman Paine (Sturgis) Codman (1833–1907) was a daughter of Russell Sturgis (1805–1887).
3. "Codman Urges Virulent to Disregard Dry Law". Harvard Crimson. 11 May 1926.

External links

• Works by or about Julian Codman at Internet Archive