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He was also a founding member and President of the American Colonization Society.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SJcsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA636 Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland]</ref>

He was also a founding member and President of the American Colonization Society.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SJcsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA636 Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland]</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of John Augustine Washington, younger brother of [[General Washington]]. He graduated in 1778 from William and Mary College where he was one of the original members of the Phi Beta Kappa society.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2TxLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344 The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 28]</ref>  After graduation, he studied law in Philadelphia and then practiced for a time in Westmoreland County county.

He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of John Augustine Washington, younger brother of [[General Washington]]. He graduated in 1778 from William and Mary College where he was one of the original members of the Phi Beta Kappa society.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2TxLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA344 The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 28]</ref>  After graduation, he studied law in Philadelphia and then practiced for a time in Westmoreland County county.

From 1780 until the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, he served as a volunteer in Col. J. F. Mercer's troop of horse.

From 1780 until the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, he served as a volunteer in Col. J. F. Mercer's troop of horse.

==Congressional Career==

==Congressional career==

In 1787 he became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and in the following year was a member of the Virginia state convention that ratified the Federal Constitution after the conclusion of the [[Constitutional Convention]].

In 1787 he became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and in the following year was a member of the Virginia state convention that ratified the Federal Constitution after the conclusion of the [[Constitutional Convention]].

After serving in the Virginia state legislature, Bushrod became one of the youngest Associate Justices of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] when he was nominated at the age of 36 by President [[John Adams]], in 1799.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qhYxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA803 The American Journal of Education, Volume 28]</ref>  He then served as a consistent ally of Chief Justice [[John Marshall]], with whom he had gone to law school.

After serving in the Virginia state legislature, Bushrod became one of the youngest Associate Justices of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] when he was nominated at the age of 36 by President [[John Adams]], in 1799.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qhYxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA803 The American Journal of Education, Volume 28]</ref>  He then served as a consistent ally of Chief Justice [[John Marshall]], with whom he had gone to law school.

==Later Life==

==Later life==

Four years later, upon the death of Martha Washington, he inherited the mansion of Mount Vernon and part of the estate.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PGlOAPYsfrcC&pg=PA320 The New international encyclopaedia, Volume 20]</ref>

Four years later, upon the death of Martha Washington, he inherited the mansion of Mount Vernon and part of the estate.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PGlOAPYsfrcC&pg=PA320 The New international encyclopaedia, Volume 20]</ref>

==Works==

==Works==

* Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia (1798-99)

* Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Virginia (1798–99)

* Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Third Circuit, from 1803 till 1827,

* Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Third Circuit, from 1803 till 1827,