Henry Brush
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
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| Preceded by | Levi Barber |
| Succeeded by | Levi Barber |
| Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
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In office May 28, 1830 – December 29, 1830 |
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| Appointed by | Allen Trimble |
| Preceded by | John Milton Goodenow |
| Succeeded by | John Crafts Wright |
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| Born | June, 1778 Dutchess County, New York |
| Died | January 19, 1855 (aged 66) Madison County, Ohio |
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | Ohio Militia |
| Rank | captain |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Henry Brush (June 1778 – January 19, 1855) was a lawyer, soldier, legislator and farmer.
Henry Brush was born in Dutchess County, New York, the youngest son of Lemuel and Mary (Per Lee) Brush. Henry completed preparatory studies and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio. For a time, he was in partnership with his brother, Platt Brush. He married Frances and seems to have had several daughters. Another source says he never married. Henry was described by contemporaries as a tall, thin man with a Roman nose and a highly nervous temperament.
In December 1805, Henry Brush testified with other lawyers before the Ohio Senate in the impeachment trial of Judge William Irwin, a circuit rider who had missed a number of courts held within his circuit. Irwin was removed from office. In December 1807, Henry Brush represented Nathaniel Massie who was contesting the election of Return J. Meigs, Jr., as governor of Ohio. Brush appeared as counsel before the Ohio House of Representatives and then in joint session with the Ohio Senate. Meigs, who was at the time serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was ruled ineligible to hold the office of governor due to residency requirements.
In August 1807, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled in Rutherford v. M'Faddon that the law passed by the legislature was unconstitutional. Chief Justice Samuel H. Huntington and Judge George Tod had written the opinions supporting the ruling, essentially a restatement of the federal holding of Marbury v. Madison. The Ohio house impeached Judge Tod on the grounds that he was usurping the power of the legislature. (Huntington, who had run for governor, was spared impeachment out of respect for his office.) At his Senate trial, Judge Tod was defended by William Creighton, Jr., Henry Brush and two others. The vote for conviction was one shy of the two-thirds required. One of those voting for conviction was impeached Judge William Irwin, now elected a member of the Senate.
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