Luther Stearns Cushing (June 22, 1803June 22, 1856) was an American jurist. He was born on June 22, 1803, in

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, and died on June 22, 1856, in

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. Cushing wrote one of the earliest works on

parliamentary procedure Parliamentary procedures are the accepted Procedural law, rules, ethics, and Norm (sociology), customs governing meetings of an deliberative assembly, assembly or organization. Their object is to allow orderly deliberation upon questions of inte ...

, ''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

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, the only member of the 1826 class.https://www.mass.gov/person/luther-stearns-cushing

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cushing, Luther 1803 births 1856 deaths Parliamentary authority People from Lunenburg, Massachusetts Harvard Law School alumni