Joshua Cushman

Joshua Cushman (April 11, 1761 – January 27, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine. Born in Halifax in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Cushman served in the Continental Army from April 1, 1777, until March 1780. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1787, studied theology, was ordained to the ministry and licensed to preach. He was pastor of the Congregational Church in Winslow, Maine for nearly twenty years. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate, and served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Joshua Cushman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	6th District created in 1820 William D. Williamson (4th)
Succeeded by	Jeremiah O'Brien (6th) Peleg Sprague (4th)
Constituency	6th district (1821–23) 4th district (1823–25)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 19th district
In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	Joshua Gage
Succeeded by	District eliminated[1]
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate
In office 1832–1834
Member of the Maine House of Representatives[2]
In office January 1, 1834 – January 27, 1834
Personal details
Born	April 11, 1761 Halifax, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	January 27, 1834 (aged 72) Augusta, Maine, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican, Adams-Clay Republican
Spouse(s)	Lucy Jones[3]
Children	Charles Cushmam[4]
Alma mater	Harvard College
Profession	Minister
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Continental Army
Years of service	April 1, 1777 - March 1780
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War

Cushman was elected as Democratic-Republican from Massachusetts to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). When the State of Maine was admitted into the Union, he was also elected as a Democratic-Republican member to the Seventeenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825). He died in Augusta, Maine on January 27, 1834. He was interred in a tomb on the State grounds in Augusta.

Notes

1. This district was moved to Maine as a result of the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
2. Cushman, Henry Wyles (1855), A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman The Puritan From the Year 1617 to 1855, Boston, MA: Little Brown, and Company, p. 186
3. Cushman, Henry Wyles (1855), A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman The Puritan From the Year 1617 to 1855, Boston, MA: Little Brown, and Company, p. 185
4. Cushman, Henry Wyles (1855), A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of The Cushmans: the Descendants of Robert Cushman The Puritan From the Year 1617 to 1855, Boston, MA: Little Brown, and Company, p. 185

References

• United States Congress. "Joshua Cushman (id: C001020)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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