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Rush, Richard (1780–1859)

US lawyer and diplomat. Rush's career in local and national government saw him briefly become US secretary of state in 1817. He went on to be a well-liked and effective ambassador to Great Britain and US secretary of the treasury. Retiring from politics in 1828, he practised law and helped to secure the bequest that set up the Smithsonian Institution. He was ambassador to France, 1847–49.



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