Stevens Thomson Mason (Virginia)

Stevens Thomson Mason
United States Senator from Virginia
In office November 18, 1794 – May 10, 1803
Preceded by	James Monroe
Succeeded by	John Taylor
Member of the Virginia Senate
In office 1790
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Personal details
Born	(1760-12-29)December 29, 1760 Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia
Died	May 10, 1803(1803-05-10) (aged 42) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Anti-Administration Party Democratic-Republican Party
Spouse(s)	Mary Elizabeth Armistead
Children	John Thomson Mason Armistead Thomson Mason Stevens Thomson Mason Mary Thomson Mason Emily Rutger Mason Catherine Mason
Alma mater	The College of William & Mary
Occupation	lawyer

Stevens Thomson Mason (December 29, 1760 – May 10, 1803) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, a member of the Virginia state legislature and a Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia (1794–1803).

Mason was born at Chopawamsic in Stafford County, Virginia and attended College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Dumfries, Virginia in Prince William County, Virginia. He served in the Continental Army as an aide to General George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown and was a brigadier general in the Virginia Militia.

He was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates in 1783 and 1794, a member of the Virginia State Senate 1787–1790, and a delegate to the Virginia Ratification Convention in 1788. In 1794, Mason was elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Monroe. He was reelected in 1797 and again in 1803, serving from 18 November 1794, until his death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is interred in the family burying ground at Raspberry Plain in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Mason married Mary Elizabeth Armistead on May 1, 1783. The couple had six children:

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