Stevens Thomson Mason (senator)
Stevens Thomson Mason | |
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| United States Senator from Virginia | |
| In office November 18, 1794 – May 10, 1803 | |
| Preceded by | James Monroe |
| Succeeded by | John Taylor |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Loudoun County | |
| In office 1794 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Russell |
| Succeeded by | William Ellzey Jr. |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Loudoun and Fauquier Counties | |
| In office 1787–1791 | |
| Preceded by | William Ellzey |
| Succeeded by | Francis Peyton |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Loudoun County | |
| In office 1783–1784 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Peyton |
| Succeeded by | Francis Peyton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 29, 1760 The College of William & Mary |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Early and family life
Mason was born to
Officer, lawyer and planter
Admitted to the Virginia bar, Mason began a private legal practice in Dumfries, Virginia in Prince William County. His uncle George Mason was one of his clients until his death in 1792.[3] Especially after his father's 1785 death at the family's Raspberry Plain plantation in what had become Loudoun County, Mason operated farms using enslaved labor, as would his descendants. In the 1787 Virginia tax census, Stevens T. Mason owned 33 slaves over 16 years of age, as well as 38 slaves under age 18, 28 horses, 76 cattle, 4 wheeled vehicles and a stud horse.[4]
During the
Political career
Following the war, Loudoun County voters elected him as one of their (part-time) representatives in the Virginia State House of Delegates in 1783, and he served alongside veteran John Carter, although neither won re-election the following year.
While in the Senate Mason handed a copy of the secret
Mason was the only senator to vote against the confirmation of Oliver Ellsworth as the chief justice of the Supreme Court.[11]
Death and legacy
He is interred in the family burying ground at Raspberry Plain in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Marriage and children
Mason married Mary Elizabeth Armistead on May 1, 1783.[1][2] The couple had six children:[1]
- John Thomson Mason (January 8, 1787 – April 17, 1850)[1]
- Armistead Thomson Mason (1787 – February 6, 1819)[1]
- Stevens Thomson Mason (1789 – 17 November 1815)[1]
- Mary Thomson Mason (1791–1813)[1]
- Emily Rutger Mason (1793–1837)[1]
- Catherine Mason (born 1795)[1]
Relations
Brother of
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Gunston Hall. "Stevens Thomson Mason". Gunston Hall. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Political Graveyard (16 June 2008). "Mason family of Virginia". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ search of CD containing remaining Fairfax County order books, though not mentioned in Rutland's compiled papers
- ^ Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 Census of Virginia in 3 volumes (Springfield, Genealogical Books in Print 1987) vol. 1 p. 31
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Virginia State Library 1978) p. 150
- ^ Leonard p. 167, 171, 173, 177
- ^ Leonard p. 172
- ^ Leonard p. 196
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- United States Congress. "Stevens Thomson Mason (id: M000226)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ Green, Nathaniel C. “‘The Focus of the Wills of Converging Millions’: Public Opposition to the Jay Treaty and the Origins of the People’s Presidency.” Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 37, no. 3, 2017, p. 459. JSTOR website Retrieved 21 Dec. 2022.
- ^ "TO CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENT OF OLIVER ELLSWORTH TO BE … -- Senate Vote #27 -- Mar 4, 1796". GovTrack.us. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
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