Jeremiah Mason

Jeremiah Mason (* April 27, 1768 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, † October 14, 1848 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party), who represented the state of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.

Originally from Connecticut Jeremiah Mason attended Yale College and received his degree there in 1788; he subsequently studied law and moved to Vermont, where he was admitted to the bar in 1791. This profession he practiced from then after another move in New Hampshire. Between 1802 and 1805 he served as Attorney General of that State.

On June 10, 1813 Mason moved to a successful election to the Senate of the United States. The term of office had originally started on 4 March this year; However, the Parliament of New Hampshire had previously unable to agree on a successor to Charles Cutts, whereupon he initially continued to exercise its mandate. After the vote for Mason Cutts was then passed on to it the seat. However, Mason belonged to the Senate only up to his resignation on 16 June 1817.

From 1820 to 1821, and in 1824 he was still a deputy in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. He also served from 1828 to 1829 as president of the branch of the Bank of the United States in Portsmouth. 1832 Mason moved to Boston, where he ran a law firm until 1838. Until his death he was also still working as a private legal advisers; in court he negotiated no more cases.

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