John Y. Mason
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| United States Minister to France | |
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In office October 10, 1853 – October 3, 1859 |
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| Appointed by | Franklin Pierce |
| Preceded by | William Cabell Rives |
| Succeeded by | Charles J. Faulkner |
| 16th and 18th United States Secretary of the Navy | |
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In office March 26, 1844 – March 4, 1845 |
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| President | John Tyler |
| Preceded by | Thomas W. Gilmer |
| Succeeded by | George Bancroft |
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In office September 10, 1846 – March 4, 1849 |
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| President | James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | George Bancroft |
| Succeeded by | William B. Preston |
| 18th United States Attorney General | |
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In office March 5, 1845 – October 16, 1846 |
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| President | James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | John Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Clifford |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
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In office March 3, 1841 – March 23, 1844 |
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| Appointed by | Martin Van Buren |
| Preceded by | Peter Vivian Daniel |
| Succeeded by | James Dandridge Halyburton |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1831 – January 11, 1837 |
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| Preceded by | James Trezvant |
| Succeeded by | Francis E. Rives |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and Sussex Counties | |
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In office 1830 |
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| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Francis E. Rives |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and Greensville Counties | |
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In office 1826–1829 |
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| Preceded by | Edmund Ruffin |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Southampton County | |
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In office 1823–1825 Alongside Henry Briggs, Carr Bowers |
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| Personal details | |
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April 18, 1799 Greensville County, Virginia |
| Died | October 3, 1859 (aged 60) Paris France |
| Resting place | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia |
| Political party | Democrat (after 1833) |
| Other political affiliations |
Jacksonian (before 1833) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Fort Mason |
| Alma mater |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tapping Reeve Law School |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Judge, planter |
John Young Mason (April 18, 1799 – October 3, 1859) was an American politician, diplomat, and United States federal judge.
Born in Hicksford, Greensville County, Virginia, Mason attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Philanthropic Assembly. Mason graduated in 1816, and then read law at Tapping Reeve Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut, to be admitted to the Southampton County, Virginia, bar in 1819. He had a private law practice in Southampton County from 1821 to 1831.
He married Mary Ann Fort, the daughter of a prominent land-owner, in 1821 and became a planter himself, as well as continuing as a lawyer. He owned Fortsville located near Grizzard, Sussex County, Virginia.
He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1823 to 1827 and in the Virginia State Senate from 1827 to 1831, was a delegate to the state constitutional Convention of 1829–1830, and he served as presiding officer for the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. From 1831 to 1837 served in the United States House of Representatives (the 22nd, 23rd and 24th United States Congresses), chairing the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1835 to 1836. During this time, he was an active supporter of most elements of Andrew Jackson's presidency, but was also a staunch advocate of states' rights. Jackson approved the appointment of George H. Thomas to the U.S. Military Academy in 1836 on his recommendation. Mason later served as a delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention of 1850.
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