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