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Bushrod Washington

Interment LocationVisitedSequence in Graves I Have Visited
Mount Vernon, VAJuly 20031st Supreme Court Justice visited

Photographed July 11, 2015.
Photographed July 11, 2015.
Photographed July 2003.
Photographed July 11, 2015.

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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