Samson Mason (July 24, 1793 – February 1, 1869) was a

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from

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. Born in Fort Ann,

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, Mason attended the common schools in

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. He studied law. He was

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and practiced in

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. 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 Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business ( Twenty-fifth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination. Mason was a

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in 1844 for

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/ Frelinghuysen. Taylor 1899 : 255 He served as a member of the state house of representatives in 1845 and 1846.

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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

, February 1, 1869. He was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery.

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