Thomas Cushing II (1694 – April 1746) was an American merchant, lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1742 to 1745. Archives and records Thomas Cushing waste book at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School. References 1694 births 1746 deaths 18th-century merchants Businesspeople from Massachusetts Colonial American merchants Massachusetts lawyers Members of the colonial Massachusetts House of Representatives Politicians from Boston Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Cushing family