ABC #009: The Attorneys General: Richard Rush, Henry Gilpin, and Seven State AGs

ABC #009: The Attorneys General: Richard Rush, Henry Gilpin, and Seven State AGs

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Richard Rush served in the cabinets of three presidents and ran for Vice President in 1832, but is frequently an afterthought to his Founding Father parent Benjamin Rush. Henry Gilpin was appointed US Attorney General just in time to argue the United States case in the Amistad affair.  And there are seven Pennsylvania AGs, each with a fascinating story. 

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