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William Cushing

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1789

William Cushing , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. William Cushing 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.

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1789-09-27–1810-09-13

Education

Harvard CollegeA.B., 1751
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Career

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)

Biography

William Cushing 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.

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