{{short description|Union Army officer}} {{distinguish|text = his grandson, rear admiral [[Charles R. Train (admiral)|Charles R. Train]]}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | birth_name = Charles Russell Train | name = Charles R. Train | image = CRTrain.jpg | alt = | order = 16th [[Massachusetts Attorney General]] | term_start = 1872 | term_end = 1879 | governor = [[William B. Washburn]]<br>[[Thomas Talbot (Massachusetts politician)|Thomas Talbot]]<br>[[William Gaston]]<br>[[Alexander H. Rice]] | predecessor = [[Charles Allen (jurist)|Charles Allen]] | successor = [[George Marston (Massachusetts politician)|George Marston]] | state2 = [[Massachusetts]] | district2 = {{ushr|MA|8|8th}} | term_start2 = March 4, 1859 | term_end2 = March 3, 1863 | predecessor2 = [[Chauncey L. Knapp]] | successor2 = [[John Denison Baldwin|John D. Baldwin]] | office3 = District Attorney of [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts]] | term3 = 1853–1855 | predecessor3 = [[Asa W. Farr]] | successor3 = [[Isaac S. Morse]] | term4 = 1848–1851 | predecessor4 = [[Albert H. Nelson]] | successor4 = Asa W. Farr | office5 = Member of the [[Boston Common Council]] | term5 = 1867 | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | office6 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]] | term_start6 = 1857 | term_end6 = 1858 | predecessor6 = | successor6 = | office9 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term_start9 = 1847 | term_end9 = 1848 | predecessor9 = | successor9 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1817|10|18}} | birth_place = [[Framingham, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1885|07|29|1817|10|18}} | death_place = [[North Conway, New Hampshire]], U.S. | resting_place = Edgell Grove Cemetery, Framingham, Massachusetts | resting_place_coordinates = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = [[Charles Jackson Train]]<br>[[Arthur Cheney Train]] | alma_mater = [[Brown University]] | occupation = | profession = [[Law]] | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = Signature of Charles Russell Train (1817–1885).png | website = | footnotes = }} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000352. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Charles Russell Train''' (October 18, 1817 – July 29, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]] from 1859 to 1863.
==Early life and education == Charles Russell Train was born in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]] on October 18, 1817.<ref name=CongBio>{{CongBio|T000352|inline=yes|access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref><ref name=Industrial>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/professionalindu01davi/page/341/mode/1up |title=Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts |volume=I |editor-first=William T. |editor-last=Davis |publisher=The Boston History Company |page=341 |date=1894 |access-date=2023-07-10 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He attended the common schools, Framingham Academy, and was graduated from [[Brown University]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]], in 1837.
=== Legal career === Train studied law at [[Harvard University]]. Train was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]] in 1841.<ref name=Industrial/>
== Political career == Train served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1847 and 1848.
From 1848 to 1851 and 1853 from 1855, Train was district attorney of [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Conklin |first1=Edwin P. |title=Middlesex County and Its People |date=1927 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |location=New York |page=119 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoElAQAAMAAJ |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref> He declined the appointment of [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] in 1852.
Train served as delegate to the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853]].
Train served as delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1856 and 1864.
Train served as member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]] in 1857 and 1858.<ref name=CongBio/>
=== Congress === Train was elected as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[36th United States Congress|Thirty-sixth]] and [[37th United States Congress|Thirty-seventh]] Congresses (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863).
Train served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862.
Train was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1862 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against [[West H. Humphreys]], United States judge for the several districts of Tennessee. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Train served in the [[Union Army]] as a volunteer aide-de-camp to [[General officer|General]] [[George B. McClellan]].
=== Massachusetts attorney general === Train moved to [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
In 1867, Train served on the [[Boston Common Council]].<ref>[http://www.cityofboston.gov/CITYCOUNCIL/ Members of City Government 1910-2009]. Retrieved 2010-03-31</ref>
Train again served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1868 to 1871.
Train was elected [[Massachusetts Attorney General]] from 1872 to 1879, after which he resumed the practice of law.<ref name=GlobeBio>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-charles-russell-train/127976397/ |title=Charles Russell Train: Sudden Death of the Ex-Attorney-General |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=4 |date=1885-07-29 |access-date=2023-07-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Death and burial == Train died while on a visit in [[North Conway, New Hampshire]], July 29, 1885.<ref name=GlobeBio/> He was interred in Edgell Grove Cemetery, [[Framingham, Massachusetts]].<ref name=CongBio/>
==See also== {{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}} * [[1868 Massachusetts legislature]]
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Bioguide}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Charles Russell Train}}
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