ABC #009: Richard Rush, Henry Gilpin, and Seven State Attorney Generals

• 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. 
• There are seven Pennsylvania Attorneys General, each with a fascinating story.
  • Thomas Sergeant
  • John K. Kane
  • Lewis C. Cassidy
  • Hampton I. Carson
  • Moses Hampton Todd
  • William I Schaffer
  • William A. Schnader