Stephen B. Cushing

Stephen Booth Cushing (born January 1812 in Pawling , New York , † June 9, 1868 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Career

Stephen Booth Cushing, son of Fanny Nicholas (1788-1848) and Milton Foster Cushing (1787-1811), was born in Dutchess County after the death of his father . His childhood was overshadowed by the British-American War . Nothing is known about his youth. In 1832 he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts ). After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Ithaca, New York. In 1836 he married Mary Woodcock (around 1815–1868), daughter of Congressman David Woodcock . The next few years were determined by the economic crisis of 1837 and the subsequent Mexican-American War (1846–48).

At the beginning of his political career he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1852 he represented Tompkins County in the New York State Assembly . In the following years he joined the American Party . From 1856 to 1857 he was Attorney General of New York State . After his tenure ended, he moved back to New York City, where he resumed his practice as a lawyer. He became a partner of Daniel E. Sickles . The following years were marked by the civil war .

literature

• American Ratification Meeting in the Park , The New York Times, October 18, 1855
• Hough, Franklin Benjamin: The New York civil list , Weed, Parsons and Company, 1858, p. 36
• Lawson, John Davison: American State Trials, Volume 5, Thomas Law Books, 1916, p. 94