Justice Cushing (other)
Justice Cushing may refer to: *William Cushing, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court *Caleb Cushing, associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court *Edmund L. Cushing, associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court *John Cushing (judge), associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court *John Cushing Jr., associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court * Nathan Cushing, associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court *Stephen S. Cushing Stephen S. Cushing (March 20, 1884 – September 23, 1957) was a Vermont attorney, businessman, judge, and politician. He was a veteran of World War I, and his most notable government service was as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Cour ...

William Cushing
William Cushing (March 1, 1732 – September 13, 1810) was one of the original five associate justices of the United States Supreme Court; confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, he served until his death. His Supreme Court tenure of 20 years and 11 months was the longest among the Court's inaugural members. In January 1796, he was nominated by President George Washington to become the Court's Chief Justice; though confirmed, he declined the appointment. He was the last judge in the United States to wear a full wig (Court dress). Early life and education Cushing was born in Scituate, Massachusetts Bay, on March 1, 1732. The Cushing family had a long history in the area, settling Hingham in 1638. Cushing's father John Cushing (1695–1778) was a provincial magistrate who in 1747 became an associate justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, the province's high court. William Cushing's grandfather John Cushing (1662–1737/38) was also a superior court ju ...
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Caleb Cushing
Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. He was an eager proponent of territorial and commercial expansion, especially regarding the acquisition of Texas, Oregon and Cuba. He believed that enlarging the American sphere would fulfill "the great destiny reserved for this exemplar American Republic." Cushing secured the first American treaty with China, the Treaty of Wangxia of 1844; it gave American merchants trading rights in five Chinese ports. After the Civil War, Cushing negotiated a treaty with Colombia to give the United States a right-of-way for a trans-oceanic Canal. He helped obtain a favorable settlement of the Alabama Claims, and as the ambassador to Spain in 1870s defused the troublesome Virginius Affair. Biography Early life Born in Salisbury, Massachusetts in 1800, he was the son of John Newmarch Cushing, ...
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Edmund L
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles *Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia *Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 *Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 *Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) *Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne *Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent *Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England * Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman *Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century In religion * Saint Edmund (dis ...
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List Of Justices Of The New Hampshire Supreme Court
Following is a list of justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court: List of chief justices of the Superior Court of Judicature (1776–1876) *Meshech Weare (1776–1782) * Samuel Livermore (1782–1790) *Josiah Bartlett (1790) *John Pickering (1790–1795) *Simeon Olcott (1795–1802) * Jeremiah Smith (1802–1809) *Arthur Livermore (1809–1813) * Jeremiah Smith (1813–1816) *William Merchant Richardson (1816–1838) * Joel Parker (1838–1848) * John James Gilchrist (1848–1855) * Andrew Salter Woods (1855) * Ira Perley (1855–1859) * Samuel Dana Bell (1859–1864) * Ira Perley (1864–1869) * Henry Adams Bellows (1869–1873) * J. Everett Sargent (1873–1874) * Edmund L. Cushing (1874–1876) List of chief justices of the Supreme Court (1876–present) * Charles Cogswell Doe (1876–1896) *Alonzo Philetus Carpenter (1896–1898) *Lewis Whitehouse Clark (1898) * Isaac N. Blodgett (1898–1902) * Frank Naismith Parsons (1902–1924) * Robert J. Peaslee (1924–1934) * John ...
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John Cushing (judge)
John Cushing may refer to: * John Cushing (actor) (1719–1790), British stage actor *John Perkins Cushing (1787–1862), American sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist * John Cushing (judge), Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court *John Cushing Jr. John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ..., Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court {{hndis, Cushing, John ...
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List Of Justices Of The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Following is a list of justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Current justices Superior Court of Judicature (1692–1775) Justices appointed by the Provincial Congress (1775–80) Three men declined appointment to the Court during this period: William Reed in 1775, Robert Treat Paine in 1776, and James Warren in 1777. Justices under the State Constitution (1780–present) List of justices Notes Sources * {{Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Judges of the Supreme Court Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...

John Cushing Jr
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ...
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Nathan Cushing
Nathan Cushing (1742 – November 4, 1812) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1790 to 1800. He was appointed by Governor John Hancock to the seat vacated by the elevation of Nathaniel Sargent to chief justice. Born in Scituate, Massachusetts, Cushing received his law degree from Harvard College in 1763. Cushing supported independence during the American Revolution, and served as a delegate to the Plymouth County Congress in 1774, which issued a document condemning British violations of the right of colonists. He was an Admiralty Judge in 1776, and in 1788 was a delegate to the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention which, with Cushing, voted to adopt the Constitution of the United States The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the natio .... Cushing was appoi ...
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