Samson Mason

Samson Mason was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Ohio.
Born in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York, Mason attended the common schools in Onondaga, New York.
He studied law.
He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] and practiced in Springfield, Ohio.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Clark County in 1822.
He served as a member of the State Senate 1829-1831.
He served as president judge of the court of common pleas in 1834.
Mason was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th [United States Congress|Twenty-fourth] Congress and reelected as a Whig to the three succeeding Congresses.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business.
He was not a candidate for renomination.
Mason was a Presidential elector in 1844 for Clay/Frelinghuysen.
He served as a member of the state house of representatives in 1845 and 1846.
United States Attorney for Ohio 1850-1853.
He served as a delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention in 1850.
He served in the state senate 1862-1864.
He served from captain to major general in the state militia.
He died in Springfield, Ohio, February 1, 1869.
He was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery.