Stevens Thomson Mason

This article is about US Senator Stevens Thomson Mason. His grandson of the same name, Governor of Michigan, is described under Stevens Mason .

Stevens Thomson Mason

Stevens Thomson Mason (born December 29, 1760 in Chappawamsic, Stafford County Colony of Virginia , † May 9, 1803 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , a member of the Virginia Parliament and a US Senator between 1794 and 1803.

Career

Mason attended William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia , where he studied law. When he was admitted to the bar, he began practicing in Dumfries , Prince William County, Virginia . He later served in the Continental Army as an advisor to General George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown (1781) and was a brigadier general in the Virginia Militia.

Mason was a member of the Virginia Delegate Parliament for the Democratic Republican Party between 1783 and 1794 . He was then from 1787 to 1790 Senate member of Virginia, where he represented Virginia in the Constitutional Convention in 1788. In 1794, Mason was elected to the Senate to close the vacancy created by the resignation of James Monroe . He was then re-elected in 1797 and 1803. Mason held this office from November 18, 1794 until his death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .

He was buried in the family vault on Raspberry Plain , Loudoun County, Virginia .

According to him, Mason County named in Michigan.

Family and politics

Mason's father Thomson Mason (1730–1785) was the presiding judge of the Virginia Supreme Court. His brother Georg Mason (1725–1792) also took part in the constitutional convention in 1787/1788. His son Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819) was a United States Senator from Virginia and his grandson, Stevens Mason , was the first governor of Michigan .