Emory Washburn (February 14 1800 – March 18 1877) was a United States lawyer politician and historian. He was Governor of Massachusetts for one term (from 1854 to 1855) and served for many years on the faculty of Harvard Law School. His history of the early years of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is still considered a foundational work on the subject.Born in Leicester Massachusetts Washburn attended Dartmouth and Williams before studying law.
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