John Thomson Mason | |
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Attorney General of Maryland | |
In office 1806–1806 | |
Governor | Robert Bowie |
Preceded by | William Pinkney |
Succeeded by | John Johnson Sr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia | 15 March 1765
Died | 10 December 1824 | (aged 59)
Spouse | Elizabeth Beltzhoover |
Children | 7, including John Thomson Mason Jr. |
Residence(s) | Montpelier, Clear Spring, Maryland |
Profession | Attorney |
John Thomson Mason (15 March 1765 – 10 December 1824) [1] [2] was an American lawyer and Attorney General of Maryland in 1806. [2]
Mason was born on 15 March 1765 at Chopawamsic in Stafford County, Virginia. [1] [2] He was the third child and youngest son of Thomson Mason and his wife Mary King Barnes. [1]
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Mason operated a plantation in what was then Washington County, Maryland near Elizabethtown (now Hagerstown using enslaved labor. [3]
Admitted to the Maryland bar, he attained high rank, [4] but twice declined the office of United States Attorney General when it was offered by Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. [4] Mason ran for one of Maryland's seats in the United States Senate, but lost. [4] He then served as Attorney General of Maryland in 1806. [2] He was also one of six judges appointed to a newly restructured court of appeals by Governor Robert Bowie on 19 January 1806, but declined the appointment. [5]
Mason married Elizabeth Beltzhoover in 1797. [1] [2] He and Elizabeth had seven children: [1] [2]
Mason died on 10 December 1824 at the age of 59. [1] Mason was interred at his Montpelier estate in Clear Spring, Maryland. [6]
John Thomson Mason was a nephew of George Mason (1725–1792); [1] son of Thomson Mason (1733–1785); [1] brother of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803); [1] half-brother of William Temple Thomson Mason (1782–1862); [1] first cousin of George Mason V (1753–1796); [1] first cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838), George Mason VI (1786–1834), Richard Barnes Mason (1797–1850), and James Murray Mason (1798–1871); [1] uncle of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787–1819) and John Thomson Mason (1787–1850); [1] father of John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815–1873); [1] and great uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843). [1]