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Washington, Bushrod

soldier, lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 5, 1762, in Westmoreland county, Va. He served as a soldier in the revolution; was a member of the Virginia house of delegates; and was a member of the convention to ratify the federal constitution. In 1798 he was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the United States. He was the author of Reports of Cases in the Virginia Court of Appeals; and Reports of Cases in the United States Circuit Court, Third District, 1803-27. He died Nov. 26, 1829, in Philadelphia, Pa.