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Stephen Lush (1753 – April, 1825) was an American politician and lawyer from New York, and an officer during the American Revolutionary War. Early lifeLush was born in New York City.[1] He attended King's College, earning a bachelor of arts in 1770 and a master's degree in 1773.[2] He was admitted to the bar in 1774, at the age of twenty-one, and moved to Albany to practice law and live with his brother, Richard.[2][3] CareerAfter the start of the American Revolutionary War, he was elected to the Albany Committee of Correspondence in 1776.[2] He served as a captain in the New York Volunteers in 1776, and then joined the Fifth New Jersey Regiment under Colonel Oliver Spencer, serving as acting judge advocate general in 1777.[1] He attained the rank of major, and served as the aide-de-camp of General George Clinton.[3] Clinton commanded Fort Montgomery, on the Hudson River; when the fort was taken by the British on October 6, 1777, Lush was captured.[1] He was held prisoner for nearly a year, when he was used as bait in a proposed exchange of three prisoners; Clinton agreed without hesitation, unaware that one of the other American prisoners was actually a valuable British spy.[4] After his release in 1778, Lush was appointed Clerk of the New York Court of Chancery.[2] Post-Revolutionary WarAfter the war, he moved to Albany and started a successful legal practice.[3] He was elected to the New York Assembly in 1792 and 1793, and then to the New York Senate in 1800, representing the eastern senate district until 1803.[1] He was elected again to the Assembly four more times, 1803 to 1806.[1] Lush owned slaves as late as 1819; at one time, he had five in his house.[2] Personal lifeIn 1781, he married Lydia Stringer (died 1841), the daughter of prominent physician Samuel Stringer.[1][5] They had seven children:[6]
His son Samuel also became a lawyer and a member of the New York Assembly.[8] After his death in April 1825, Lush was buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.[2] References
1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{harvnb|Fuld|1913|p=45}}. 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{harvnb|Bielinski|2003}}. 3. ^1 2 3 {{harvnb|Hastings|1924|p=6}}. 4. ^{{harvnb|Leiby|1980|p=184}}. The spy was Abraham P. Mabie. 5. ^{{harvnb|Hastings|1924|p=7}}. 6. ^{{harvnb|Greene|1893|pp=9–10}} 7. ^Lush's six surviving children are also listed, along with the basics of his will, in {{citation |editor-last=Fernow |editor-first=Bernard |title=Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of Courts of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State, 1626–1836 |publisher=Knickerbocker Press |pages=251–252 |url=https://archive.org/stream/calendarwillson00appegoog |year=1896}}. 8. ^{{harvnb|Greene|1893|p=10}}
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