Cushing, Caleb
lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Jan. 17, 1800, in Salisbury, Mass.
In 1825 and 1826 he served in the state legislature. He was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1843; was appointed, by President Tyler, commis sioner and envoy to China, and as such negotiated an important treaty. In 1846 he was elected to the legislature; in 1847 was chosen colonel of the Massachusetts regiment of volunteers for the Mexican war; and was afterward appointed a brigadier-general.
In 1850 he was for the fifth time elected to the legislature; and in 1851 was made a justice of the supreme court of the state.
He was attorney-general from 1853-57.
He was again elected to the legislature of his native state. He was the author of Historical and Political Review of the Late Revolution in France, 1833; Practical Principles of Political Economy; Life of William Henry Harrison; Growth and Territorial Progress of the United States, 1837; Reminiscences of Spain; History of Newburyport; and The Treaty of Washington. He died Jan. 2, 1879, in Newburyport, Mass.