Richard Rush

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Richard Rush was a 19th-century American statesman and diplomat who served in multiple high-level U.S. government roles, including Secretary of the Treasury and Attorney General.

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Richard Rush canonical 4

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instanceOf American politician
diplomat
human
lawyer
appointedBy Andrew Jackson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
burialPlace Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1780-08-29
dateOfDeath 1859-07-30
educatedAt Princeton University
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Rush
father Benjamin Rush
genre political writing
givenName Richard
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
National Republican Party
nobleTitle none
notableFor service as United States Attorney General
service as United States Secretary of the Treasury
notableWork negotiation of the Convention of 1818
negotiation of the Rush–Bagot Agreement
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
participatedIn negotiation of the Convention of 1818
negotiation of the Rush–Bagot Agreement
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
linked to: Philadelphia
positionHeld Acting United States Secretary of State
Comptroller of the United States Treasury
United States Attorney General
United States Minister to France
United States Minister to the Court of St James's
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
United States Secretary of the Treasury
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
linked to: Philadelphia

Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
spouse Catherine Eliza Murray
workLocation London, United Kingdom
linked to: London, England

Paris, France
linked to: Paris

Washington, D.C.

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