Thomson Francis Mason
| Thomson Francis Mason | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomson Francis Mason 1785 Gunston Hall, Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Died | December 21, 1838 Alexandria, D.C. |
| Residence |
Colross, Alexandria, Virginia Huntley, Fairfax County, Virginia Chestnut Hill, Leesburg, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | College of New Jersey |
| Occupation | jurist, lawyer, councilman, judge, and mayor of Alexandria, D.C. |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth "Betsey" Clapham Price |
| Children | 9, including Arthur Pendleton Mason |
| Parent(s) |
Thomson Mason Sarah McCarty Chichester |
| Relatives | grandson of George Mason IV |
Thomson Francis Mason (1785 – 21 December 1838) was a prominent jurist, lawyer, councilman, judge, and the mayor of Alexandria, District of Columbia (now Virginia) between 1827 and 1830.
Mason was born in 1785 at his grandfather George Mason's Gunston Hall plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was the second eldest child and eldest son of General Thomson Mason (1759–1820) and his wife Sarah McCarty Chichester. Mason was primarily raised at Hollin Hall, his father's plantation.
On 24 October 1805, Mason entered the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) as a member of the junior class. That same year, he joined the American Whig-Cliosophic Society. Mason graduated from Princeton with honors and subsequently stayed to study law. He graduated from law school in 1807 and returned to Virginia.
Upon his return to Virginia, Mason began practicing law in Fairfax County. In 1812, he set up his law practice in Alexandria, which was then located in Alexandria County of the District of Columbia. Mason served as Justice of the Peace in Alexandra three times. Mason played an important role during the 1820s in the fight to retrocede Alexandria County from the District of Columbia to Virginia. Because of this, he became increasingly involved in Alexandria's political activities. Mason served as mayor of Alexandria between 1827 and 1830. He was elected to the office four times. Six months before his death in 1838, President Martin Van Buren appointed Mason as the first judge of the newly organized Criminal Court of the District of Columbia.
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