Luther Cushing

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Died 1856, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Books Manual of parliamentary practice, Manual of Parliamentary Practice, Introduction to the Study of t, Lex parliamentaria americana, A Practical Treatise on the Truste

Luther Stearns Cushing (1803–1856) was the author of one of the earliest works on parliamentary procedure, Rules of Proceeding and Debate in Deliberative Assemblies, commonly known as Cushing's Manual. The first edition was published in 1845. It was frequently revised by Cushing and his son through 1877. Afterwards, others continued to revise the manual periodically.

Notable later editions

Allison, William L. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1886)

Sullivan, Frances P. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1887, 1905)

Baker, James Freeman. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1890)

Ingalls, John James, Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1895)

Bolles, Albert S. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1901, with printings thru 1935)

Bolles, Albert S. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice with Rules of Procedure in Business Corporations (1901, 1914)

Gaines, Charles Kelsey, The New Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1912)

Lowe, Paul E. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1925)

Cushing, Luther S. Modern Rules of Order (1964)

References

Luther Cushing Wikipedia

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