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RICHARD RUSH

Richard Rush was an American statesman. He was born in 1780 at Philadelphia and died in 1859. He was a son of Benjamin Rush. In 1811 he became controller of the United States Treasury, and from 1814 to 1817 was attorney-general in Madison's Cabinet. From 1817 to 1825 he acted as minister to England; in 1825 to 1829 secretary to the Treasury; and minister to France from 1847 to 1851.
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