William Cushing
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William Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from its inception in 1789 and played a key role in shaping foundational federal judicial authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Cushing canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ judge ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1732-03-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
British America
NERFINISHED
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Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1810-09-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Scituate, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1810-09-13 ⓘ |
| familyName | Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| heritage | English-American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the original justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
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helping shape foundational federal judicial authority ⓘ serving on the U.S. Supreme Court from its inception in 1789 ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| mother | Deborah Scollay Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
early decisions defining federal judicial authority
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opinions supporting federal supremacy over state laws ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary War era judiciary ⓘ |
| partOf | original composition of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ⓘ Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | position created ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| signature | Signature of William Cushing (Supreme Court Justice).svg ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah Phillips Cushing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1789-09-26 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Joseph Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: William Cushing Description of subject: William Cushing was an early Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from its inception in 1789 and played a key role in shaping foundational federal judicial authority.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision)