29 Facts About Richard Rush

Richard Rush was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat who served as the 8th United States Attorney General from 1814 to 1817 and the 8th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1825 to 1829.

Richard Rush served as John Quincy Adams's running mate on the National Republican ticket during the 1828 United States presidential election.

Richard Rush served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 1811 and as Comptroller of the Treasury during the James Madison administration.

Richard Rush remained in that position after James Monroe took office.

Richard Rush served as the ambassador to Britain from 1818 to 1825.

Richard Rush negotiated the Treaty of 1818 which set the boundary between the US and Canada and had discussions with George Canning that led to the announcement of the Monroe Doctrine.

Richard Rush served as minister to France from 1847 to 1849.

Richard Rush helped establish and served on the board of regents for the Smithsonian Institution.

Richard Rush was the second son, and third child, of Benjamin Rush and Julia Rush, daughter of Richard Stockton and Annis Boudinot Stockton.

Richard Rush entered the College of New Jersey at the age of 14, and graduated in 1797 as the youngest member of his class.

Richard Rush studied law in the practice of William Lewis and was admitted to the bar in 1800.

Richard Rush married Catherine Eliza Murray on the fall of 1809.

Richard Rush successfully acquitted William Duane in a libel suit brought forth by the Pennsylvania Governor Thomas McKean.

Richard Rush's popularity prompted an offer to run for Congress but he declined.

Richard Rush was on the field of battle along with Madison during the Battle of Bladensburg.

Richard Rush was one of the War Hawks who advocated war with Britain.

Richard Rush served as United States Attorney General from 1814 to 1817.

Richard Rush edited Laws of the United States, which codified all the federal statutes implemented between 1789 and 1815.

Richard Rush was acting Secretary of State briefly in 1817.

In October 1817, Richard Rush was appointed Minister to Britain to succeed John Quincy Adams, who had taken the position of Secretary of State upon his return.

Richard Rush remained in Britain for almost eight years, and negotiated a number of important treaties, including the Treaty of 1818.

In 1823, Richard Rush negotiated with George Canning over British proposals that the two countries issue a joint declaration against French involvement in Spain's rebelling American colonies, but Britain would not agree to American demands for recognition of the newly independent republics, leading to the separate American declaration of the Monroe Doctrine.

Richard Rush wrote about his experience as Minister to Britain in A Residence in the Court of St James.

Richard Rush was successful in this undertaking, bringing to this country the sum of $508,318.46, which would eventually be used to establish the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC Rush later became one of the first regents of the institution.

Richard Rush was opposed to anti-slavery sentiments because he believed they threatened the stability of the Union.

In 1847, Richard Rush was appointed as Minister to France by President James K Polk.

Richard Rush was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.

In 1817, Richard Rush elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.

Richard Rush died in Philadelphia on July 30,1859, and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.