Stephen B. Cushing

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Stephen Booth Cushing (January 1812 Pawling, Dutchess County, New York - June 9, 1868 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the posthumous son of Milton Foster Cushing (1787–1811) and Fanny (Nicholas) Cushing (1788–1848). He graduated from Williams College in 1832. He practiced law in Ithaca, New York. In 1836, he married Mary Woodcock (ca. 1815-1868, daughter of David Woodcock).

He was a Democratic member from Tompkins County of the New York State Assembly in 1852. He was New York State Attorney General from 1856 to 1857, elected on the American Party ticket. Afterwards he removed to New York City and practiced law there in partnership with Daniel E. Sickles.

Sources

Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
American Party ticket, in NYT on October 18, 1855
American State Trials by John Davison Lawson (Vol. 5, Thomas Law Books, 1916; page 94)

Legal offices
Preceded by Ogden Hoffman	New York State Attorney General 1856–1857	Succeeded by Lyman Tremain

Attorneys General of New York

Persondata
Name	Cushing, Stephen B
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1812
Place of birth	Pawling, New York
Date of death	June 1868
Place of death	New York City

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