Luther Stearns Cushing

Background

Cushing, Luther Stearns was born on June 22, 1803 in Lunenberg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edmund and Mary (Stearns) Cushing.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1826.

Career

Editor, The American Jurist and Law Magazine, 1826-1832. Clerk Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1832-1844. Judge Boston Court Common Pleas, 1844-1848.

Reporter Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1848-1853.

Lecturer Roman law Harvard Law School 1848-1849, 50-51. Author: An Inquiry into the Present State of the Remedial Law of Massachusetts.

With Suggestions for its Reform, 1837. A Manual of Parliamentary Practice, 1844.

A Practical Treatise on the Trustee Process, 1853.

An Introduction to the Study of Roman Law, 1854. Elements of the Law and Practice of the Legislative Assemblies in the United States, 1856.

Achievements

• Luther Stearns Cushing has been listed as a notable jurist, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mary Otis Lincoln, May 19, 1840. Married second, Elizabeth Dutton Cooper, October 29, 1853.