William Cushing

Judge William Cushing

Personal

Birthday:

3/1/1732

Birthplace:

Scituate, MA

Date of Death:

9/13/1810

Place of Death:

Scituate, MA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior 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

Education

Name of School:

Harvard College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1751

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1755

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

George Washington

Commission Date:

09/27/1789

Termination Date:

09/13/1810

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

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