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unusual facts about Francis W. Cushman


Francis W. Cushman

Cushman was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death in New York City July 6, 1909.


Betty Hemings

In 1827 she was purchased and freed by Francis W. Eppes, whom she had cared for as a nurse when he was young, starting in 1802.

Francis Adams

Francis W. H. Adams (1904–1990), New York City Police Commissioner, 1954–1955

Francis W. Hatch, Jr.

Initially held on New Year's Day, Frank Hatch Free Day was moved to Labor Day in 2013 to enable visitors to enjoy the museum's gardens and other exterior spaces in warmer weather.

He was best known for the songs "Some Coward Closed the Old Howard," a humorous paean to Boston's famous vaudeville house The Old Howard, and "Vote Early and Often for Curley," a reelection campaign song for Boston Mayor James Michael Curley.

Francis W. Pennell

Encouraged by John M. Macfarlane, the head of the botany department, Pennell wrote his doctoral thesis on the Scrophulariaceae (as then circumscribed), a group on which he was to become a world authority.

Francis Wayland Parker

In addition to the schools in Illinois and California, the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School was founded in Massachusetts in 1995, in honor of Parker's contributions to the field of progressive education.

Frederic Ives Lord

Flying a Sopwith Dolphin, Lord became an ace along with four other pilots in the squadron: Francis W. Gillet, Ronald Bannerman, John McNeaney, and Edgar Taylor.

Herbert J. Ray

In March 1942, as Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commandant of the Sixteenth Naval District, Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, he participated in General Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines.

John P. Cushman

In 1817, Cushman was elected as a Federalist to the 15th United States Congress with 54.98% of the popular vote, topping the incumbent Hosea Moffitt, a fellow Federalist.

Robert E. Cushman, Jr.

During Gen Cushman’s tenure, he saw the last of the Marines leave Vietnam and the peacetime strength fall to 194,000 while still maintaining readiness to act in such emergencies as the Mayagüez incident and the evacuations of Phnom Penh and Saigon.

San Diego Yacht Club

Several high school sailing teams also sail out of the San Diego Yacht Club, including the Point Loma, Bishop's, Francis Parker, and Cathedral Catholic High School sailing teams.

Suzy Becker

Upon her return from her fellowship at the White House, Becker helped found and taught at the Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School, an alternative public secondary school in central Massachusetts.

The Holy Cows

Starting in 2011, High Tech High's The Holy Cows and Francis Parker High School's the Warlords began hosting an off-season FIRST Robotics Competition.

William Wallace McCredie

McCredie was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis W. Cushman and served from November 2, 1909, to March 3, 1911.


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