Grafton D. Cushing

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Grafton Dulany Cushing (born August 4, 1864 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  May 31, 1939 in New Bedford , Massachusetts) was an American politician . He was lieutenant governor of the state of Massachusetts in 1915 and 1916 .

Career

Nothing is known about Grafton Cushing's youth and schooling. He became a member of the Republican Party . In June 1904 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , on which President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for re-election. In 1912 he was a substitute delegate to the nomination convention after that, at which William Howard Taft was nominated for re-election, which was unsuccessful. In 1906 and 1907 and between 1912 and 1914 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives , and from 1912 he was speaker of this chamber.

In 1914, Cushing was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. He held this office between 1915 and 1916. He was Deputy to the Democratic Governor David I. Walsh . He died in New Bedford on May 31, 1939.

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SURNAME Cushing, Grafton D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cushing, Grafton Dulany (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1939
Place of death New Bedford , Massachusetts