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Name
  
Joshua Cushman

Succeeded by
  
Role
  
U.S. representative


Succeeded by
  
Jeremiah O'Brien

Spouse
  
Lucy Jones

Preceded by
  
Resigned
  
March 4, 1825

Preceded by
  
District went with Maine when Maine separated from Massachusetts

Succeeded by
  
District went with Maine when Maine separated from Massachusetts

Died
  
January 27, 1834, Augusta, Maine, United States

Battles and wars
  
Political party
  
Democratic-Republican Party, National Republican Party

Preceded by
  

Joshua Cushman (April 11, 1761 – January 27, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine. Born in Halifax, Massachusetts, Cushman served in the Continental Army from April 1, 1777, until March 1780. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1787, studied theology, was ordained to the ministry and licensed to preach. He was pastor of the Congregational Church in Winslow, Maine for nearly twenty years. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate, and served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Cushman was elected as Democratic-Republican from Massachusetts to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). When the State of Maine was admitted into the Union, he was also elected as a Democratic-Republican member to the Seventeenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825). He died in Augusta, Maine on January 27, 1834. He was interred in a tomb on the State grounds in Augusta.

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Joshua Cushman Wikipedia


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