Caleb Cushing

thumb| Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and the 23rd United States Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. From 1874 until 1877, he was the U.S. Minister to Spain. Quotes Cruel war—war at home, and in the perspective distance a man on horseback with a drawn sword in his hand, some Atlantic Cæsar, or Cromwell, or Napoleon. Letter from Bangor, Maine (January, 1860); reported in The Historical Magazine, vol. 5, no. 10 (October, 1861), p. 313 See also American Civil War (Copperhead) Georges Ernest Boulanger External links Claude Moore Fuess, The Life of Caleb Cushing, vol. 2 (Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1923), p. 243 George Stimpson, A Book About a Thousand Things (Harper & Row, 1946), p. 4 American Notes and Queries, vol. 6, no. 26 (April 25, 1891), pp. 306–7 Category:1800 births Category:1879 deaths Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians Category:Politicians from Massachusetts Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:United States Ambassadors to China Category:United States Ambassadors to Spain Category:United States Army people Category:Military leaders from the United States Category:United States Attorneys General