Charles Codman Cabot

Charles Codman Cabot
Born(1900-11-22)November 22, 1900
Died1976(1976-00-00) (aged 75–76)
EducationHarvard College
Harvard Law School
OccupationsJudge, law partner
ChildrenCharles Codman Cabot Jr. (b. 1930)
Parent(s)Henry Bromfield Cabot
Anna McMasters Codman Cabot

Charles Codman Cabot (November 22, 1900[1] – 1976) was an American judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.

Early life

Cabot was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1] His father was Henry Bromfield Cabot, a lawyer.[2] His mother was Anne Macmaster (Codman) Cabot, daughter of Charles R. Codman.[3][self-published source] He had five siblings:[2][3] Henry Bromfield Cabot Jr. (b. 1894), Powell Mason Cabot (b. 1896), Paul Codman Cabot (b. 1898), cofounder of America's first mutual fund[4] and "Harvard's [Endowment] Midas,"[5] Anne M. Cabot (b. 1903), and Susan M. Cabot (b. 1907).

Cabot graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.[6]

Career

Cabot was a law partner of a prominent Boston law firm, and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts from 1943 to 1947.[7] He was also the World War II U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey secretariat.[8]

Cabot was president of the Boston Bar Association[9] from 1950 to 1952. He was on the board of directors of the eugenicist Pioneer Fund from 1950 until 1973,[6] and president of the Harvard Alumni Association.[7]

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