Julian Codman

Julian Codman (September 21, 1870 – December 30, 1932),

Early life Codman was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts, on September 21, 1870. He was the son of Col. Charles Russell Codman (1829–1918), a colonel in the Union Army who commanded the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and Lucy Lyman Paine Sturgis (1833–1907). and his uncle was noted architect and builder John Hubbard Sturgis, who designed the Codman House in Lincoln, Massachusetts and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, along with Charles Brigham.

Codman received an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1892 and an LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1895. He passed the Massachusetts Bar exam in 1895 and began practicing as a lawyer.

Career Codman, an Independent, was a member of the Executive Committee of New England Anti-Imperialist League from 1902 to 1904. In 1904, he was a Delegate of the Democratic National Convention, a Signatory of Philippine Independence Committee Petition, and sat on the Executive Committee of Anti-Imperialist League. In 1918, he was the vice-president of Anti-Imperialist League.