Charles Sumner Biography

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NAME: Charles Sumner
OCCUPATION: U.S. Representative
BIRTH DATE: January 06, 1811
DEATH DATE: March 11, 1874
EDUCATION: Boston Latin School, Harvard Law School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston, Massachusetts
PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.

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Charles Sumner was a U.S. Representative best known an anti-slavery advocate who authored the nation’s first civil rights legislation.

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Charles Sumner was a U.S. Representative born on January 6, 1811, in Boston, Massachusetts. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1852, Sumner supported abolition. After the Civil War, Sumner joined the Radical Republicans who believed the South should be punished. During his 20 year career, Sumner most notably authored the nation’s first civil rights legislation in 1866. The anti-slavery advocate died on March 11, 1874, in Washington D.C.