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Moorfield Storey March 19, — October 24, was an American lawyer, anti-imperial activist, and civil rights leader based in Boston, Massachusetts. According to Storey's biographer, William B. Hixson Jr. Moorfield Storey was born in in Roxbury, Massachusetts , then a suburb of Boston. His family was descended from the earliest Puritan settlers in New England and had close connections with the abolitionist movement.

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Storey's father was a Boston lawyer. He then continued onto Harvard University , where he was a member of the Glee Club , [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] graduating in , and then studied at Harvard Law School. In a speech almost thirty years later at Cambridge University , Storey discussed the mindset of the young men of his generation, stating that "a great movement for intellectual, religious, and political freedom was just culminating".

From to he was editor of the American Law Review. He was a well-known person in the " Mugwump " movement of , and actively supported Grover Cleveland. As a strong believer in the gold standard , freedom of contract , and property rights , Storey opposed the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan and supported the National Democratic Party Gold Democrats third-party ticket in An opponent of military intervention , [ 7 ] Storey spoke at the first anti-imperialist mass meeting in Boston in June , called because of the Spanish—American War.

In addition, he wrote a book brief for the Lodge Committee summarizing the war crimes of the Philippine—American War. He perceived that "national subjugation overseas and racial persecution at home were related," which drove his efforts at reform. Storey was known to work hour days, even into his later years. He was a fighter for unpopular issues, and as Bliss Perry wrote in his obituary for Storey, he was "usually in the minority at any given time.