James Brown Mason

James Brown Mason

James Brown Mason (born January 1775 in Thompson , Colony of Connecticut , † August 31, 1819 in Providence , Rhode Island ) was an American politician . Between 1815 and 1819 he represented the second constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Mason attended Brown University in Providence after primary school until 1791 . After studying medicine and his medical license, he practiced from 1795 to 1,798 in Charleston ( South Carolina ). After his return to Providence he worked there from 1798 in the trade.

Mason became a member of the Federalist Party . Between 1804 and 1814 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island ; from 1812 he was its president. In the congressional elections of 1814 he was elected as the second member of the state ( at large ) in the US House of Representatives. There he succeeded Elisha Reynolds Potter . After re-election in 1816, he could remain in Congress between March 4, 1815 and March 3, 1819 .

In 1818 he renounced another candidacy. His mandate then went to Nathaniel Hazard . James Mason died and was buried just six months after his term in Congress ended in Providence.

Web links

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

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