Jeremiah Mason

Jeremiah Mason

Jeremiah Mason (* 27. April 1768 in Lebanon , New London County , Connecticut Colony ; †  14. October 1848 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party ), of the state of New Hampshire in the US Senate took .

Originally from Connecticut, Jeremiah Mason attended Yale College , where he graduated in 1788; as a result, he studied law and moved to Vermont , where he was admitted to the bar in 1791. He then practiced this profession after another move in New Hampshire. Between 1802 and 1805 he was Attorney General of that state.

On June 10, 1813, Mason was elected to the United States Senate. The term of office had originally started on March 4th of this year; However, the Parliament of New Hampshire had not previously been able to agree on a successor for Charles Cutts , whereupon this initially continued to exercise his mandate. After the vote for Mason, Cutts was able to hand over the seat to him. However, Mason was a member of the Senate only until his resignation on June 16, 1817.

From 1820 to 1821 and in 1824 he was still a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives . He also served as President of the Bank of the United States branch in Portsmouth from 1828 to 1829 . In 1832 Mason moved to Boston, where he ran a law firm until 1838. Until his death he also worked as a private legal advisor; he no longer tried cases in court.

Web links

• Jeremiah Mason in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jeremiah Mason in the database of Find a Grave (English)