Charles Greely Loring

Charles Greely Loring Sr. (May 2, 1794 – October 8, 1867) was an American lawyer based in Boston. He also served one term in the Massachusetts Senate.

Biography

Early life Loring was born in 1794 in Boston, Massachusetts,

Professional career After working in the offices of Charles Jackson, Loring established his own law practice.

In 1851, Loring served, along with Robert Rantoul Jr. and Samuel Edmund Sewall, as defense counsel for Thomas Sims, an African American from Georgia who had escaped to Boston. Arrested under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Sims was ordered back to enslavement, despite vigorous efforts by his lawyers. In 1854, Loring became an actuary for the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, giving up most of his law practice. Loring was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in November 1861, taking his seat as a member of the 1862 Massachusetts legislature.

Personal life Loring married three times and was a widower twice. In 1818, —his son Charles Greely Loring III was a notable architect.