Samson Mason

Samson Mason

Samson Mason (born July 24, 1793 in Fort Ann , Washington County , New York , †  February 1, 1869 in Springfield , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1835 and 1843 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samson Mason attended the public schools in Onondaga . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in this profession in Springfield. In 1822 he was a prosecutor in Clark County there . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson . He later became a member of the Whig Party . From 1829 to 1831 he was a member of the Ohio Senate ; in 1834 he was presiding judge at the appeals court.

In the 1834 congressional election , Mason was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Joseph Vance on March 4, 1835 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1843 . Until 1837, President Jackson's policies were still fiercely debated in Congress. The period after 1841 was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs. In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed. From 1835 to 1837, Samson Mason chaired the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business . In 1842 he renounced another candidacy.

Mason was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives between 1845 and 1846 . In 1850 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state. Between 1850 and 1853 he succeeded Thomas W. Bartley as a federal attorney for the District of Ohio. Later he was again a member of the State Senate from 1862 to 1864. Mason also served in the Ohio State Militia, where he rose from captain to major general. He died on February 1, 1869 in Springfield, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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