# Joshua Cushman

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American politician (1761–1834)

Joshua Cushman Member of the U.S. House of Representatives In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825 Preceded by Joshua Gage Succeeded by Jeremiah O'Brien Constituency Massachusetts 19th (1819–1821) Maine 6th (1821–1823) Maine 4th (1823–1825) Member of the Massachusetts State Senate In office 1832–1834 Member of the Maine House of Representatives[1] In office January 1, 1834 – January 27, 1834 Personal details Born (1761-04-11)April 11, 1761 Halifax, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America Died January 27, 1834(1834-01-27) (aged 72) Augusta, Maine, U.S. Party Democratic-Republican, Adams-Clay Republican Spouse Lucy Jones[2] Children Charles Cushmam[3] Alma mater Harvard College Profession Minister Military service Allegiance United States Branch/service 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](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) and from [Maine](/source/Maine). Born in [Halifax](/source/Halifax%2C_Massachusetts) in the [Province of Massachusetts Bay](/source/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay), Cushman served in the [Continental Army](/source/Continental_Army) from April 1, 1777, until March 1780. He was graduated from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1787, studied [theology](/source/Theology), was ordained to the ministry and licensed to preach. He was pastor of the [Congregational Church](/source/Congregational_church) in [Winslow, Maine](/source/Winslow%2C_Maine) for nearly twenty years. He served in the [Massachusetts State Senate](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate), and served as member of the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives).

Cushman was elected as [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican) from Massachusetts to the [Sixteenth](/source/16th_United_States_Congress) 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](/source/17th_United_States_Congress) Congress, and reelected as an [Adams-Clay Republican](/source/National_Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Eighteenth](/source/18th_United_States_Congress) Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825). He died in [Augusta, Maine](/source/Augusta%2C_Maine) on January 27, 1834. He was interred in a tomb on the State grounds in Augusta.

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** 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

## References

- United States Congress. ["Joshua Cushman (id: C001020)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001020). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States).

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