Jacob Rush (1746/47–1820) was an American jurist.
Life
Jacob Rush, brother of
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush (April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educa ...
, was born near Philadelphia,
perhaps in
Byberry Township,
[White, ed. 1894, p. 150.] Pennsylvania, about December, 1746, or January, 1747.
He was graduated at
Princeton
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...
in 1765, settled in the practice of law in Philadelphia, was a judge of the
High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania in 1784–1806, president of the
Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia in 1806–20, and at an earlier date was a justice of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System. It also claims to be the oldest appellate court in the United States, a claim that is disputed by the Massachusetts Supreme Ju ...
.
[Wilson; Fiske 1900, p. 350.]
In the controversy between
Joseph Reed and
John Dickinson
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as to the character of
Benedict Arnold, Judge Rush espoused the latter's cause,
defending Arnold against the charges of Reed in 1779.
Princeton gave him the degree
LL.D.
Legum Doctor (Latin: “teacher of the laws”) (LL.D.) or, in English, Doctor of Laws, is a doctorate-level academic degree in law or an honorary degree, depending on the jurisdiction. The double “L” in the abbreviation refers to the early ...
in 1804. He died in Philadelphia on January 5, 1820.
Works
His publications include:
# ''Resolve in Committee Chamber 6 Dec., 1774'' (Philadelphia, 1774);
# ''Charges on Moral and Religious Subjects'' (1803);
# ''Character of Christ'' (1806);
# ''Christian Baptism'' (1819).
His daughter,
Rebecca, published ''
Kelroy'', a novel (Philadelphia, 1812).
References
Sources
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External links
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Ockerbloom, John Mark, ed
"Rush, Jacob, 1747-1820" ''
The Online Books Page
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''. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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1740s births
1820 deaths
Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
19th-century American non-fiction writers
Year of birth uncertain