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Benjamin Rush: Politics and Government\Congressman\Continental congressman
Benjamin Rush: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration
Benjamin Rush: Medicine and Health\Physician
Benjamin Rush: Society and Social Change\Reformer
Benjamin Rush: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\College
Benjamin Rush: Literature\Writer\Medical writer
Benjamin Rush: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Humanitarian
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art The Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the country’s first private museums, was established in 1869 to promote art and American genius. In 2014 the Works from the Corcoran Collection were distributed to institutions in Washington, D.C.