Cushing, William, 1732-1810
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Name (Hebrew)
קושינג, ויליאם, 1732-1810
Name (Latin)
Cushing, William, 1732-1810
Date of birth
1732-03-01
Date of death
1810-09-13
Gender
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- Cushing, William; born March 1, 1732, in Scituate, Massachusetts; died September 13, 1810, in Scituate, Massachusetts; associate justice, Supreme Court of the United States; confirmed by the Senate on September 26, 1789; service terminated on September 13, 1810, due to death; A.B., Harvard, 1751; read law, 1755; private practice, Scituate, Massachusetts, 1755-1760; justice of the peace, register of deeds, and probate court judge, Lincoln County, Maine, 1760-1772; judge, Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1772-1789, chief justice, 1777-1789 (name changed to Supreme Judicial Court in 1780); nominated to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, January 26, 1796; confirmed, January 27, 1796; declined appointment ( (Biographical directory of Article III federal judges, 1789-present, viewed December 26, 2024) )
- Who was who in America:Historical volume, 1607-1896, page 200 (Cushing, William; justice, U.S. Supreme Court; born Scituate, Massachusetts, March 1, 1732; died Scituate, Massachusetts, September 13, 1810; admitted to bar, 1755; judge, Probate Court for Lincoln County, Massachusetts (now Maine), 1760-1761; judge, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1772; chief justice, 1777-1789; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1810; a founder of American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
- Flanders, H. The lives and times of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Ct. of the U.S., 1875:v. 2, p. 11 (William Cushing)
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William Cushing (March 1, 1732 – September 13, 1810) was an American lawyer who 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 as part of his court dress.
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