Choate, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1828-1911

Choate was born in Salem, Mass. and graduated from Harvard College (1849) and Harvard Law School (1854). He devoted much of his practice to railroad law acting as counsel for the Boston and Maine Railroad. In 1865, he became counsel for the Old Colony Railroad, becoming its director (1872), and later its president (1877). In 1877, he was chosen president of the Old Colony Steamboat Company.

Boston lawyer and counsel for the Old Colony Railroad Company.

Charles Francis Choate was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1828. After graduating from Harvard College (1849) and Harvard Law School (1852) he served as counsel for railroad corporations including the Old Colony Railroad. He was director and president of the Old Colony Railroad, the Old Colony Steamboat Company, director of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and held political offices in Massachusetts at the local and state levels. He died in 1911.

Attorney in private practice and counsel for the Old Colony Railroad corporation. Director and president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Corporation from 1872 to 1893 and president of the Old Colony Steamboat Company during the same period. Also director and vice-president of the New England Trust Company.

Older brother of Joseph Hodges Choate; admitted to Massachusetts bar in 1855; married Elizabeth W. Carlile Nov. 7, 1855; practiced law with Francis B. Hayes; remained in legal practice until 1878; became president of the Old Colony Railroad in 1878; became president of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company in 1901.

Charles Francis Choate, historian, lawyer, and railroad executive, of Boston, Massachusetts.