Samson Mason

Samson Mason (July 24, 1793 – February 1, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Samson Mason
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Joseph Vance
Succeeded by	Heman A. Moore
Member of the Ohio Senate from the Clark & Champaign Counties district
In office December 7, 1829 – December 4, 1831
Preceded by	John Daugherty
Succeeded by	A. M. Colwell
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Champaign County district
In office December 1, 1845 – December 6, 1846
Preceded by	Ira H. Bean
Succeeded by	S. B. Williams
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 11th district
In office January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1864
Preceded by	Richard A. Harrison
Succeeded by	A. P. Howard
Personal details
Born	July 24, 1793 Fort Ann, New York
Died	February 1, 1869 (aged 75) Springfield, Ohio
Political party	Anti-Jacksonian

Born in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York, Mason attended the common schools in Onondaga, New York. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Springfield, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Clark County in 1822. He served as a member of the State Senate 1829-1831. He served as president judge of the court of common pleas in 1834.

Mason was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-fifth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination. Mason was a Presidential elector in 1844 for Clay/Frelinghuysen.[1] He served as a member of the state house of representatives in 1845 and 1846. United States Attorney for Ohio 1850-1853. He served as a delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention in 1850. He served in the state senate 1862-1864. He served from captain to major general in the state militia. He died in Springfield, Ohio, February 1, 1869. He was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery.

Sources

1. Taylor 1899 : 255

• United States Congress. "Samson Mason (id: M000225)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... 1. State of Ohio. p. 255.

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