Grafton D. Cushing

Grafton Dulany Cushing
45th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office
1915–1916
Governor David I. Walsh
Preceded by Edward P. Barry
Succeeded by Calvin Coolidge
In office
1912[1] – 1914[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1906[1] – 1914[1]
Personal details
Born August 4, 1864[2][1]
Boston, Massachusetts[2]
Died May 31, 1939(1939-05-31) (aged 74)
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Political party Republican[2][1]
Profession Lawyer[1]

Grafton Dulany Cushing (August 4, 1864 – May 31, 1939)[3] was an American teacher, lawyer and politician who served as 45th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts[2][1] from 1915 to 1916.

Education

Cushing received his preparatory education at the Noble School, he then went to Harvard College[1] graduating in 1885,[1] and Harvard Law School from where he graduated in 1888.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1915), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1915 Vol. XXIV, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 91.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Who's Who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1915, p. 39.
  3. ↑ Political Graveyard Cushing.
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by
Joseph H. Walker		 Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1912 — 1914 		Succeeded by
Channing H. Cox
Political offices
Preceded by
Edward P. Barry		 Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1915 – 1916 		Succeeded by
Calvin Coolidge


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