Devens, Charles (04/04/1820-01/07/1891)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Army officer, jurist, Attorney General
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: Declined to serve on board.

Subject

  • Devens, Charles
  • Board of Regents
  • Citizen Regent

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: Chesterwood; Harvard University Portrait Collection; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Citizen

State

Massachusetts

Short Legal Citation

26 Stat. 673 (1890), J. Res. No. 23

Notes

Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Six volumes. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888-1889. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1968; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 05/22/1890-09/20/1890

Topic

  • Lawyers
  • Regents

Place

Massachusetts

Form/Genre

Biographies

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