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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Cushing, Thomas
Cushing, Thomas, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., March 24, 1725; attended Boston Latin School; was graduated from Harvard College in 1744; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston; member of the provincial assembly 1761-1774 and served as speaker; delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776; commissary general of Massachusetts in 1775; declined to be a candidate for election to the Continental Congress in 1779; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1780-1788 and Acting Governor in 1785; delegate to the State constitutional convention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; died in Boston, Mass., February 28, 1788; interment in Granary Burial Ground.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Cushing, Thomas," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1047 Original Sources, accessed April 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZT4GAFZC6EBP2H.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Cushing, Thomas." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1047, Original Sources. 19 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZT4GAFZC6EBP2H.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Cushing, Thomas' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1047. Original Sources, retrieved 19 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KZT4GAFZC6EBP2H.
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