Joshua Cushman
| Joshua Cushman | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 6th district |
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| In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
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| Preceded by | District went with Maine when Maine separated from Massachusetts |
| Succeeded by | Jeremiah O'Brien |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 19th district |
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| In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
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| Preceded by | Joshua Gage |
| Succeeded by | District went with Maine when Maine separated from Massachusetts |
| Member of the Massachusetts State Senate |
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| In office 1832–1834 |
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| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
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| Member of the Maine House of Representatives[1] |
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| In office January 1, 1834 – January 27, 1834 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | April 11, 1761 Halifax, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 3, 1825 Augusta, Maine |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican, Adams-Clay Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Jones[2] |
| Children | Charles Cushmam[3] |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Profession | Minister |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/branch | Continental Army |
| Years of service | April 1, 1777 - March, 1780 |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War |
Joshua Cushman (April 11, 1761 – January 27, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine. Born in Halifax, Massachusetts, 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.
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.
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- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.- 1761 births
- 1834 deaths
- Massachusetts State Senators
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Maine
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
- Harvard University alumni
- American Congregationalists
- Massachusetts Democratic-Republicans
- Maine Democratic-Republicans
- Maine National Republicans
- People from Halifax, Massachusetts
- People from Augusta, Maine
- People from Winslow, Maine
- Continental Army soldiers
