Bushrod Washington

Bushrod Washington (June 5, 1762 – November 26, 1829) is an attorney and politician who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1798 to 1829.

On the Supreme Court, he is a staunch ally of Chief Justice John Marshall. Washington is also a co-founder and the president of the American Colonization Society, which intends to promote emigration of freed slaves and free blacks to Africa.

The nephew of American founding father and President George Washington, he inherits his uncle's papers and Mount Vernon, taking possession in 1802 after the death of Martha Washington, his uncle's widow.

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