Henry Wyles Cushman | |
Order: | 18th |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts |
Term Start: | January 11, 1851 |
Term End: | January 14, 1853 |
Governor: | George S. Boutwell |
Predecessor: | John Reed, Jr. |
Office2: | Member of the Massachusetts State Senate |
Term Start2: | 1844 |
Term End2: | 1844 |
Predecessor2: | William Whitaker |
Office3: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
Term Start3: | 1844 |
Term End3: | 1844 |
Office4: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
Term Start4: | 1839 |
Term End4: | 1840 |
Office5: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
Term Start5: | 1837 |
Term End5: | 1837 |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1805 |
Party: | Democratic |
Profession: | Teacher, farmer, public house manager |
Spouse: | Maria Louisa Dickman, m. June 16, 1828, died October 11, 1855; Anne Williams Fettyplace, m. June 2, 1858 |
Signature: | Henry W. Cushman signature.png |
Henry Wyles Cushman (August 9, 1805 – November 21, 1863) was an American teacher, farmer, public house manager and politician who served both branches of the Massachusetts General Court and as the 18th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1851 to 1853.
Cushman was born to Polycarpus L. and Salley (Wyles) Cushman on August 9, 1805, in Bernardston, Massachusetts,[1]
Cushman was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853.[2] He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1862.[3]