Rush, Richard
lawyer, orator, author, was born Aug. 29, 1780, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1814 he was appointed attorney-general of the United States. 1817 he was appointed minister to England, serving until 1825. He was secretary of the treasury under President J. Q. Adams; was candidate for vice-president on the ticket with Adams, and in 1847 was appointed minister to France, remaining in office ten years. In 1833 he published A Residence at the Court of St. James; a Sequel to it in 1845, and in 1857, Familiar Letters of Washington. In 1860 a volume of Occasional Productions was published. He died July 30, 1859, in Philadelphia, Pa. ۱