Luther Cushing

Cushing's Manual, 1876 printing.

Luther Stearns Cushing (1803–1856) was the author of one of the earliest works on parliamentary procedure, Rules of Proceeding and Debate in Deliberative Assemblies, commonly known as Cushing's Manual. The first edition was published in 1845. It was frequently revised by Cushing and his son through 1877. Afterwards, others continued to revise the manual periodically.

Notable later editions

Allison, William L. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1886)
Sullivan, Frances P. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1887, 1905)
Baker, James Freeman. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1890)
Ingalls, John James, Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1895)
Bolles, Albert S. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1901, with printings thru 1935)
Bolles, Albert S. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice with Rules of Procedure in Business Corporations (1901, 1914)
Gaines, Charles Kelsey, The New Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1912)
Lowe, Paul E. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1925)
Cushing, Luther S. Modern Rules of Order (1964)

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Luther Stearns Cushing

Parliamentary procedure

Major concepts	History of parliamentary procedure Principles of parliamentary procedure Deliberative assembly Committee Session Quorum Chair Floor Recognition Motion Second Debate Main motion Order of business Minutes Voting methods in deliberative assemblies Majority Unanimous consent

Subsidiary motions	Postpone indefinitely Amend Commit Postpone to a certain time Limit or extend limits of debate Previous question Cloture Lay on the table

Privileged motions	Call for the orders of the day Raise a question of privilege Recess Adjourn Fix the time to which to adjourn

Incidental motions	Point of order Appeal Suspend the rules Objection to the consideration of a question Division of a question Consideration by paragraph or seriatim Division of the assembly Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls Motions relating to nominations Request to be excused from a duty Requests and inquiries (Parliamentary inquiry, Request for information, Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion, Request to read papers, Request for any other privilege)

Motions that bring a question again before the assembly	Take from the table Rescind, repeal, annul or amend something previously adopted Discharge a committee Reconsider

Legislative procedures	Call of the house Hoist Motion to pass on Recall of Parliament

Disciplinary procedures	Censure Declare the chair vacant Impeach Naming

Parliamentary authorities	Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC or Sturgis) Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure Riddick's Rules of Procedure Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice Bourinot's Rules of Order Beauchesne's Parliamentary Rules and Forms Morin code

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