William Cushing

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1789 - 1810

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard College, 1751

Law

Read law, 1755

Personal

Birthplace

Scituate, MA

William Cushing was an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. He joined the court in 1789 after a nomination from PresidentGeorge Washington. He served until his death onSeptember 13, 1810. Prior to joining the court, Cushing he was the chief judge for theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.^[1]

Cushing was one of ten justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Washington. He served duringThe Jay Court,The Rutledge Court,The Ellsworth Court andThe Marshall Court.^[2]

Education

Cushing received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1751. He received his legal education byreading law.^[1]

Professional career

• 1777-1789: Chief judge, Superior Court of Massachusetts (later theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court)
• 1772-1777: Judge, Superior Court of Massachusetts
• 1760-1772: Justice of the peace, Register of Deeds, and Probate Court Judge, Lincoln County, Massachusetts (now Maine)
• 1755-1760: Attorney in private practice, Scituate,Massachusetts^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court of the United States

Cushing was nominated by PresidentGeorge Washington onSeptember 24, 1789. He was confirmed by the Senate onSeptember 26, 1789, and received commission on September 27, 1789. Cushing served until his death onSeptember 13, 1810.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by JusticeJoseph Story.

See also

• History of the Supreme Court

External links

• Justice Cushing's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge Washington
Washington	Bedford •Blair •Brearley •Cushing •Duane •Hopkinson •Innes •Jay •Law •Lowell •Pendleton •Rutledge •Sewall •Sullivan •Wilson
1790	Bee •Drayton •Griffin •Iredell •Marchant •Morris •Paca •Sitgreaves •Stokes
1791 - 92	Chipman •Johnson •Lewis •Peters
1793 - 95	Hitchcock •Paterson •Laurance •Pickering
1796	Bourne •Chase •Clay •Ellsworth •Troup
1797	McNairy

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Senior justices	Breyer •Kennedy •Souter
Former chief justices	Burger •Chase •Ellsworth •Fuller •Hughes •Jay •Marshall •Rehnquist •Rutledge •Stone •Taft •Taney •Vinson •Waite •Warren • White
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