William Cushing

Biography of William Cushing

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Cushing
• First Name: William
• Date of Birth: March , 1 , 1732
• Place of Birth (POB): Scituate , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
• Date of Death: September , 13 , 1810
• Place of Death (POD): Scituate , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

William Cushing Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: George Washington (
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 09/24/1789
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 1 Stat. 73
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 09/26/1789
• Commission Date: 09/27/1789
• Date of Termination: 09/13/1810
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

William Cushing in the Law School

• Name of School: Harvard College
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1751

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1755

William Cushing Career Path

Employment:

• 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
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Eastern Circuit, Spring 1790-Spring 1792, Spring 1793, Spring 1794-Fall 1794, Fall 1795, Fall 1796, Fall 1797-Spring 1798, Fall 1799-Fall 1800
• Middle Circuit, Fall 1792, Fall 1798
• Southern Circuit, Fall 1793
• First Circuit, April 29, 1802-September 13, 1810

Resources

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