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Bushrod Washington
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Bushrod Washington
Bushrod Washington
(June 5, 1762 – November 26, 1829) was an attorney and politician, appointed as
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
, where he served for more than 30 years. He was among the founders of the
American Colonization Society
in 1816, intended to promote emigration of freed slaves and free blacks to a colony in Africa, and served as its president. The nephew of
American founding father
and President
George Washington
, he inherited his papers and
Mount Vernon
, taking possession in 1802 after the death of widow
Martha Washington
.
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