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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cushing , Caleb 1800 -1879 (search)
Cushing, Caleb 1800-1879
Jurist; born in Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 17, 1800; graduated at Harvard University in 1817; became a distinguished lawyer, in which profession he began practice at Newburyport, Mass. He served in the State legislature, and was in Congress from 1835 to 1843, as a Whig Representative, when, with Mr. Tyler, he became an active member of the Democratic party. President Tyler sent him as commissioner to China, where, in 1844, he negotiated an important treaty.
He advocated the
Caleb Cushing. policy of war with Mexico, and led a regiment to the field.
In 1853 President Pierce called Mr. Cushing to his cabinet as Attorney-General.
In 1860 he was president of the Democratic convention at Charleston.
In 1866 he was one of three commissioners appointed to codify the laws of the United States; in 1871 was one of the counsel on the part of the United States before the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal; and in 1873-77 was minister to Spain.
He died in Newburyport, Mas
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wheelwright , John 1592 - (search)
Wheelwright, John 1592-
Clergyman; born in Lincolnshire, England, about 1592; was a graduate of Cambridge University, England, and a classmate of Cromwell.
Being driven from his church by Archbishop Laud, in 1636, for Non-conformity, he came to Boston and was chosen pastor of a church in (present) Braintree.
Mr. Wheelwright seconded the theological views of Anne Hutchinson (q. v.), and publicly defended them, for which offence he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony.
He founded Exeter, on a branch of the Piscataqua River; and when, five years later, that town was declared to be within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he removed with his family to Wells, Me. In 1646, he returned to Massachusetts, a reconciliation having been effected; and in 1657 he went to England.
He returned in 1660, and in May, 1662, became pastor of a church at Salisbury, Mass., where he died, Nov. 15, 1679.