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See also:RUSH, See also:RICHARD (1780–1859) , See also:American' statesman and diplomatist, son of Dr See also:Benjamin Rush, was See also:born in See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 29th of See also:August 178o He graduated at See also:Princeton in 1797, and was admitted to the See also:bar in 1800. He was See also:attorney-See also:general of Pennsylvania in 1811, See also:comptroller of the See also:treasury of the See also:United States in 1811–14, attorney-general in the See also:cabinet of See also:President See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Madison in 1814-17,acting secretary of See also:state from See also:March to See also:September 1817, See also:minister to See also:Great See also:Britain in 1817-25, secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of President J. Q. See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams in 1825–29, and See also:candidate for See also:vice-president on the Adams See also:ticket in 1828. In 1818, while minister to Great Britain, he, in association with See also:Albert See also:Gallatin, concluded with See also:British plenipotentiaries the important treaty which determined the boundary See also:line between the United States and See also:Canada from the See also:Lake of the See also:Woods to the Rocky Mountains and provided for the See also:joint occupation of See also:Oregon for ten years. He also conducted the negotiations with See also:Canning in 1823 See also:relating to the S. American policy of the See also:Holy See also:Alliance. He followed the Adams-See also:Clay See also:faction of the Democratic-Republican party in the split of 1825–28, but returned to the Democratic party about 1834 on the See also:bank issue. In 1835 he and Benjamin C. See also:Howard, of See also:Baltimore, See also:Maryland, were sent by President See also:Jackson to prevent an outbreak of hostilities in the See also:Ohio-See also:Michigan boundary dispute. In 1836–38 Rush was See also:commissioner to receive the See also:Smithson See also:legacy (see SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION), and in 1847–49 he was minister to See also:France. He died at Philadelphia on the 3oth of See also:July 1859.
He published A Narrative of a See also:Residence at the See also:Court of See also:London from 1817 to 1825 (2 vols., 1833—45; all See also:editions after the first edition of the 1st See also:volume are entitled Memoranda of a Residence, &c.); See also:Washington in Domestic See also:Life (1857), compiled from letters written by Washington to his private secretary in 1790—98; and Occasional Productions, See also:Political, See also:Diplomatic and See also:Miscellaneous (186o); and while attorney-general he suggested the See also:plan for the compilation, See also:Laws of the Nation (5 vols., 1815), edited by See also:John B. See also:Colvin.
End of Article: RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)
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