Richard Rush
| Richard Rush | |
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| United States Minister to France | |
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In office September 15, 1846 – October 8, 1849 |
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| Appointed by | James Polk |
| Preceded by | William King |
| Succeeded by | William Rives |
| 8th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office March 7, 1825 – March 5, 1829 |
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| President |
John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | William Crawford |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Ingham |
| United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
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In office November 12, 1817 – March 7, 1825 |
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| Appointed by | James Monroe |
| Preceded by | John Quincy Adams |
| Succeeded by | Rufus King |
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United States Secretary of State Acting |
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In office March 10, 1817 – September 22, 1817 |
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| President | James Monroe |
| Preceded by | John Graham as Acting Secretary of State |
| Succeeded by | John Quincy Adams |
| 8th United States Attorney General | |
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In office February 10, 1814 – November 12, 1817 |
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| President |
James Madison James Monroe |
| Preceded by | William Pinkney |
| Succeeded by | William Wirt |
| Personal details | |
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August 29, 1780 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | July 30, 1859 (aged 78) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
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Federalist Party (Before 1830) National Republican Party (1830–1834) |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Rush |
| Alma mater | College of New Jersey |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Richard Rush (August 29, 1780 – July 30, 1859) was United States Attorney General under James Madison and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President John Quincy Adams as well as John Quincy Adams' running mate when he ran for re-election on the National Republican ticket in 1828. Adams and Rush were defeated by Andrew Jackson and his running mate, John C. Calhoun. Rush also served as United States minister to England and France at various times.
Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son (and third child) of Benjamin Rush (one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and a prominent physician) and Julia (Stockton) Rush, daughter of (another signer of the Declaration of Independence) and . He entered the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University) at the age of 14, and graduated in 1797 as the youngest member of his class. He was admitted to the bar in 1800, when he was barely 20 years old, and studied law at the office of William Draper Lewis.
Rush married Catherine Eliza Murray on August 29, 1809. They were the parents of ten children, of whom three sons and two daughters survived him.
After his entering the bar in 1800 Rush quickly gaining statewide and then national attention as a public speaker and successful trial lawyer. In 1811 he was appointed Attorney General of Pennsylvania. Shortly before this he had declined an offer to run for congress. In November 1811, President James Madison appointed Rush Comptroller of the Treasury.
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