Henry_W._Cushman

Henry W. Cushman

Henry W. Cushman

American politician

Henry Wyles Cushman (August 9, 1805 – November 21, 1863) was an American teacher,[1] farmer,[1] public house manager[1] and politician who served both branches of the Massachusetts General Court and as the 18th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1851 to 1853.

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Early life

Cushman was born to Polycarpus L. and Salley (Wyles) Cushman on August 9, 1805, in Bernardston, Massachusetts,[1]

Public service

Cushman was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853.[2] He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1862.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    John Ward Dean, ed. (October 1864). The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume XVIII, No. 4. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society and Antiquarian Journal. p. 321.
  2. [2]
    John Ward Dean, ed. (October 1864). The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume XVIII, No. 4. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society and Antiquarian Journal. p. 322.
  3. [3]
    American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
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