Justice William Cushing
(Mar 1, 1732-Sep 13, 1810)
Occupation: Attorney, Associate Supreme Court Justice,
Education: Harvard University
Interred: Cushing Family Cemetery, Scituate, Massachusetts
Lodge affiliation: St. Andrew's Lodge in Boston.

William Cushing was born on March 1, 1732, in Scituate, Massachusetts. After graduation from Harvard College in 1751, Cushing taught school for one year in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and then read law in Boston. He was admitted to practice in 1755. In 1760, Cushing moved to Lincoln County, Massachusetts to become a Probate Judge and Justice of the Peace. In 1772, he was appointed to the Superior Court of Massachusetts Bay Province. Under the new State Government, Cushing was retained as a Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, and in 1777 he was elevated to Chief Justice. From 1780 to 1789, he served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. President George Washington nominated Cushing one of the original Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate confirmed the appointment two days later. He served the longest served of those original jurists, serving from 1789 until his death in 1810.