Samuel Murphey Bason (December 3, 1894 – January 15, 1986) was an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He served as a Democratic member for the 15th district of the

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. Bason was born in Swepsonville, North Carolina, the son of Flora Murphey and William Henry Bason. He attended Burlington High School,

Oak Ridge Military Academy Oak Ridge Military Academy (ORMA) is a college-preparatory military school in northwestern Guilford County, North Carolina. The school is the third oldest military academy in the United States and the first military boarding school to admit girls ...

and the

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. He served in the

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during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

. In 1947, he won the election for the 15th district of the

, and served for the 15th district until 1959. He worked as a

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er in

Yanceyville, North Carolina Yanceyville is a town in and the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, the town had a population of 1,937 at the 2020 census. The settlement was founded in 1792 and was l ...

and was an elder of the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church. Bason died in January 1986 at the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in

Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River. It was a center of tobacco production and was an area of Confederate activi ...

, at the age of 91. He was buried in the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church cemetery.

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1894 births 1986 deaths People from Swepsonville, North Carolina People from Alamance County, North Carolina People from Caswell County, North Carolina Democratic Party North Carolina state senators 20th-century American politicians American bankers Oak Ridge Military Academy alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Burials in North Carolina Long family American military personnel of World War I United States Army soldiers {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub