Bushrod Washington

Bushrod Washington ( born June 5, 1762 in Westmoreland County, Virginia; † November 26, 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American lawyer and a longtime judge at the Supreme Court of the United States ( Supreme Court ). He belonged to the Federalist Party.

Bushrod Washington was the son of John Augustine Washington, a younger brother of George Washington and Hannah Bushrod. He graduated from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, where he was one of the first members of Phi Beta Kappa.

The nomination as a judge of the Supreme Court was made by President John Adams. This initially had John Marshall offered the position as successor to the late James Wilson; However, Marshall aspired to a seat in Congress, and proposed instead Bushrod Washington. How Washington took over on February 4, 1799 the Office as Assistant Judge (associate justice), and practiced there until his death. After John Marshall was Chief Justice in 1801, Washington agreed to on three times - including the decision Ogden against Saunders - as he always off. He kept the office of judge until his death in November 1829; His successor was Henry Baldwin.

Bushrod Washington inherited after the death of his uncle George Washington in 1799, the Mount Vernon. In 1816 he was involved in the founding of the American colonial society.