Caleb Cushing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Caleb Cushing

American politician

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1800

Place of Birth: Salisbury, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1879

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as a Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce.
He was an eager proponent of territorial and commercial expansion, especially regarding the acquisition of Texas, Oregon and Cuba.
He believed that enlarging the American sphere would fulfill "the great destiny reserved for this exemplar American Republic." Cushing secured the first American treaty with China, the Treaty of Wangxia of 1844; it gave American merchants trading rights in five Chinese ports.
After the Civil War, Cushing negotiated a treaty with Columbia to give the United States a right-of-way for a trans-oceanic Canal.
He helped obtain a favorable settlement of the Alabama Claims, and as the ambassador to Spain in 1870s diffused the troublesome Virginius Affair.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat