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Richard Rush
former United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of the Treasury (1780-1859)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 29 August 1780
- Died
- 30 July 1859
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Rush
- Father
- Benjamin Rush
- Mother
- Julia Stockton Rush
- Spouse
- Catherine Elizabeth Rush
- Occupation
- lawyer, diplomat, politician, minister
- Position held
- United States Attorney General, United States Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, United States Secretary of the Treasury, board member, United States Ambassador to France
- Citizenship
- United States
- archives at
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia
- educated at
- Princeton University
- member of political party
- National Republican Party, Democratic Party
- number of children
- 10
- place of burial
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
- residence
- Washington, D.C.
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