Rush, Richard

Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Son of founder
Full name
Richard Rush
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
10
Family
Benjamin Rush (father), Julia Stockton Rush (mother), Catherine Eliza Murray (wife)
Education
Princeton (College of New Jersey)
Occupation
Diplomat
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Federalist
Government
Jackson Administration (1829-37)
Polk Administration (1845-49)
Diplomat
How to Cite This Page: "Rush, Richard," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6517.