I will keep the information about him as mostly pertaining to his involvement with the Civil War. From Wikipedia.
In 1860, he presided over the Democratic National Convention, which first met in Charleston and then later in Baltimore. He joined those who seceded from the convention who nominated John C. Breckinridge for the Presidency.
Also in 1860, President James Buchanan sent Cushing to Charleston, S.C. as Confidential Commissioner to the Secessionists of South Carolina.
Despite having supported states rights and opposing the abolition of slavery, he supported the Union during the war.
After the war, he took a part in the Alabama Claims in 1869. The Alabama Claims were damages sought by the U.S. government against the United Kingdom for damages done to American shipping caused by commerce raiders built in British shipyards.
Since the CSS Alabama was the most famous of the raiders and had sunk the most shipping, the case was called the Alabama Claims.
--Old B-Runner
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