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Luther Cushing
Born	1803
Died	1856 (aged 52–53)
Occupation	Writer, jurist
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Luther Stearns Cushing (June 22, 1803 – June 22, 1856) was an American jurist. He was born on June 22, 1803, in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and died on June 22, 1856, in Boston.

Cushing wrote one of the earliest works on parliamentary procedure, Rules of Proceeding and Debate in Deliberative Assemblies, commonly known as Cushing's Manual. The first edition was published in 1845. It was frequently revised by Cushing. Afterwards, others continued to revise the manual periodically.

He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School, the only member of the 1826 class.

Notable later editions

• Allison, William L. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1886)
• Sullivan, Frances P. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1887, 1905)
• Baker, James Freeman. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1890)
• Ingalls, John James, Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1895)
• Bolles, Albert S. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1901, with printings thru 1935)
• Bolles, Albert S. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice with Rules of Procedure in Business Corporations (1901, 1914)
• Gaines, Charles Kelsey, The New Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1912)
• Lowe, Paul E. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1925)
• Cushing, Luther S. Modern Rules of Order (1964)

References

1. Kunitz, Stanley; Haycraft, Howard (1938). American Authors, 1600–1900: A Biographical Dictionary of American Literature. H. W. Wilson Company. p. 199. OCLC 1145778556.
2. Davis, William Thomas (1900). History of the Judiciary of Massachusetts. Boston Book Company. p. 248.
3. Manual of Parliamentary Practice, 7th Edition (1848), p.3
4. https://www.mass.gov/person/luther-stearns-cushing

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Major concepts	History of parliamentary procedure Principles of parliamentary procedure Deliberative assembly Committee Session Quorum Chair Floor Recognition Motion Second Debate Main motion Order of business Minutes Voting methods in deliberative assemblies Majority Unanimous consent
Subsidiary motions	Postpone indefinitely Amend Commit Postpone to a certain time Limit or extend limits of debate Previous question Cloture Lay on the table
Privileged motions	Call for the orders of the day Raise a question of privilege Recess Adjourn Fix the time to which to adjourn
Incidental motions	Point of order Appeal Suspend the rules Objection to the consideration of a question Division of a question Consideration by paragraph or seriatim Division of the assembly Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls Motions relating to nominations Prayer motion Request to be excused from a duty Requests and inquiries (Parliamentary inquiry, Request for information, Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion, Request to read papers, Request for any other privilege)
Motions that bring a question again before the assembly	Take from the table Rescind, repeal, annul or amend something previously adopted Discharge a committee Reconsider
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• 1803 births
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