Bushrod Washington
Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Died when: 67 years 174 days (809 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Bushrod Washington (June 5, 1762 – November 26, 1829) was an American attorney and politician who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1798 to 1829.
On the Supreme Court, he was a staunch ally of Chief Justice John Marshall.Washington was a co-founder and president of the American Colonization Society, which promoted the emigration of freed slaves to Africa.
The nephew of American founding father and President George Washington, he inherited his uncle's papers and Mount Vernon, taking possession in 1802 after the death of Martha Washington, his uncle's widow, and with Marshall's help, published a biography of the first president.
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