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Grafton Dulany Cushing

1864 - 1939

BiographyRobert and Olivia Cushing resumed living at 168 Beacon by the 1893-1894 winter season. The Cushings four children — Grafton Dulany Cushing, Mary Louisa Cushing, Howard Gardiner Cushing, and Olivia Donaldson Cushing — lived with them.

The Cushings’ unmarried son, Grafton Dulany Cushing, continued to live with them. He was a lawyer and in 1915 would become Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.

Grafton Cushing continued to live at 168 Beacon until 1908, when he moved to 20 Chestnut.
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"Grafton Dulany Cushing (1864-1939), a Boston attorney, in 1905 ran for election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives on the Republican ticket. He served in that body until 1914, as speaker during his last three years. In 1915 he held the office of lieutenant governor."
Letters of Louis D. Brandeis: Volume III, 1913-1915: Progressive and Zionist
By Louis D. Brandeis
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Grafton Cushing as Joan of Arc 1885 - Hasty Pudding
Cushing, Grafton Dulany,--1864-1939.
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