death_date birth_date signature term_end alma_mater death_place term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place president party office state district successor article_title
2 january 1879 17 january 1800 appletons ' cushing caleb signature.jpg april 27 , 1844 march 4 , 1843 9 , 1877 march 4 , 1857 august harvard university newburyport , massachusetts , u.s. may 12 , 1844 march 4 , 1835 30 , 1874 march 7 , 1853 june caroline wilde caleb cushing by mathew b brady.jpeg caleb cushing daniel sickles john crittenden position established gayton osgood salisbury , massachusetts , u.s. franklin pierce franklin pierce franklin pierce democratic-republican -- 1833 -rrb- whig -lrb- 1833 -- 1847 -rrb- democratic -lrb- -lrb- 1847 -- 1879 -rrb- before 1825 -rrb- national republican -lrb- 1825 united general united states minister to china states minister to spain 23rd united states attorney massachusetts massachusetts 3 3rd james lowell jeremiah black alexander everett amos abbott caleb cushing

caleb cushing

caleb cushing -lrb- january 17 , 1800 -- january 2 , 1879 -rrb- was an american diplomat who served as a u.s. congressman from massachusetts and attorney general under president franklin pierce .
