Kurt's Historic Sites

Bushrod Washington

1762 Births, 1829 Deaths, Associate Justices, Ellsworth Court, Enslavers, Federal Government, J. Adams SCOTUS Nominees, Judicial Branch, Marshall Court, Virginia, Visited 2003, W

Interment Location	Visited	Sequence in Graves I Have Visited
Mount Vernon, VA	July 2003	1st Supreme Court Justice visited

Fast Facts

Born: June 5, 1762 in Mount Holly, Virginia

Spouse: Julia Ann Blackburn Washington (m. 1785-1829)

Political Affiliation: Federalist Party

Supreme Court Tenure: 1798-1829

Nominated to Court by: John Adams

Died: November 26, 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Age: 67

Interment: George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Sources Consulted and Further Reading

Magliocca, Gerard N. Washington’s Heir: The Life of Justice Bushrod Washington. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.

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kurt@kurtshistoricsites.com

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The purpose of Kurt’s Historic Sites is to share the photographs and videos of my endeavors, as well as impart information about the places I have seen and the people associated with them.

My hope is that your time perusing this website and reading my book will spark your own passion for “hands-on history.”

38°52’51.0″N 76°58’38.4″W

The purpose of Kurt’s Historic Sites is to share the photographs and videos of my endeavors, as well as impart information about the places I have seen and the people associated with them.

My hope is that your time perusing this website and reading my book will spark your own passion for “hands-on history.”

GET IN TOUCH

kurt@kurtshistoricsites.com

FIND YOUR WAY AROUND