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BUSHROD WASHINGTON (1762-1829)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 344 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WASHINGTON (1762-1829)  , See also:American jurist, See also:nephew of See also:George See also:Washington, was See also:born in Westmoreland See also:county, See also:Virginia, on the 15th of See also:June 1762 . He graduated in 1778 at the See also:College of See also:William and See also:Mary, where he was an See also:original member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society; was a member of a volunteer See also:cavalry See also:troop in 178o; studied See also:law in See also:Philadelphia in 1781, and began practice in his native county . He served in the See also:House of Delegates in 1787, and in the following See also:year sat in the See also:convention which ratified for Virginia the Federal Constitution . After living in See also:Alexandria for a See also:short See also:time he removed to See also:Richmond and in 1798 was appointed an See also:associate See also:justice of the See also:United States Supreme See also:Court by See also:President See also:John See also:Adams . He was George Washington's See also:literary executor, and supervised the preparation of John See also:Marshall's See also:Life of Washington (5 vols., 1804–1807); and on Mrs Washington's See also:death in 1802 he inherited See also:Mount See also:Vernon and a See also:part of the See also:estate . He died in Philadelphia on the 26th of See also:November 1829 .

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