In 1847, Richard Rush was appointed as Minister to France by President James K. Polk, a position he held until 1849, when he returned to the land of his birth, to retire in Philadelphia.
In 1847, Richard Rush was appointed as Minister to France by President James K. Polk. He remained in France until his recall by the new Whig administration in 1849, when he returned to the land of his birth, to retire in Philadelphia.