Nathan Cushing (1742 – November 4, 1812) was a justice of theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1790 to 1800. He was appointed by GovernorJohn Hancock to the seat vacated by the elevation ofNathaniel Sargent to chief justice.
Born inScituate, Massachusetts, Cushing received his law degree fromHarvard College in 1763.[1] Cushing supported independence during theAmerican 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 anAdmiralty Judge in 1776, and in 1788 was a delegate to the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention which, with Cushing, voted to adopt theConstitution of the United States.[1]
Cushing was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1790, and served until his resignation in 1800.[2]
Cushing married Abigail Tilden, with whom he had several children, three of whom survived him. He died at his home in Scituate at the age of 70.[1]
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