Moses Mason, Jr.

Moses Mason Jr. ( born June 2, 1789 in Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, † June 25, 1866 in Bethel, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1799 Moses Mason came with his parents to Bethel in Maine. There he attended the public schools. After a subsequent study of medicine and his 1813 was admitted as a doctor, he began in Bethel to work in his new profession. Between 1815 and 1833 he was also postmaster at this place. From 1821 to 1866 he was also a Justice of the Peace in Bethel. In the years 1831-1834 he served as County Commissioner in the administration of the Oxford County.

Politically, Mason was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1832 he was considered the candidate of his party in the fifth electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Cornelius Holland on March 4, 1833. After a re-election in 1834 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 two legislative sessions. These were determined by the discussions about the policies of President Andrew Jackson. It was about the Nullifikationskrise with the State of South Carolina, the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act and the destruction of the Bundesbank.

Between 1843 and 1845 Mason served as Executive Councilor for the state government of Maine. In 1844 he was curator of the mental hospital of Maine. He also officiated for 14 years as an alderman in Bethel. Between 1854 and 1856 he headed the Gould's Academy. Moses Mason died on 25 June 1866 in Bethel, and was also buried there.