Armistead Thomson Mason

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Armistead Thomson Mason
United States Senator
from Virginia
In office
January 3, 1816 – March 4, 1817
Preceded byWilliam Branch Giles
Succeeded byJohn Wayles Eppes
Personal details
Born(1787-08-04)August 4, 1787
Armisteads, Louisa County, Virginia
DiedFebruary 6, 1819(1819-02-06) (aged 31)
Bladensburg, Maryland
Political partyDemocratic-Republican Party
SpouseCharlotte Eliza Taylor
ChildrenStevens Thomson Mason
Residence(s)Selma, Leesburg, Virginia
Alma materThe College of William & Mary
Occupationlawyer, planter

Armistead Thomson Mason (August 4, 1787 – February 6, 1819),[1][2] the son of Stevens Thomson Mason,[1][2] was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817. Mason was also the youngest person to ever serve in the US Senate at the age of 28 and 5 months even though the age of requirement for the US Senate in the constitution is 30 years old.

Early life and education

He was born at Armisteads in Louisa County, Virginia, graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1807 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until he became colonel of Virginia Volunteers in the War of 1812 and subsequently brigadier general of Virginia Militia.

Political career

He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Branch Giles, despite being constitutionally underage for the office. Mason served from January 3, 1816, to March 4, 1817. He then moved to Loudoun County, Virginia where he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fifteenth Congress (1817). It was a bitter campaign that gave rise to several duels: Mason himself was later killed in a duel with his second cousin, John Mason McCarty, at Bladensburg Duelling Field, Maryland, as a result of this campaign. He is buried in the churchyard of the Episcopal Church at Leesburg, Virginia.[1][2]

Marriage and children

Mason married on 1 May 1817 to Charlotte Eliza Taylor (died 1846) at Dr. Charles Cocke's in Albemarle County, Virginia.[1][2] The couple had one son:[1][2]

  • Stevens Thomson Mason (1819–14 June 1847)[1]

Relations

Armistead Thomson Mason was the grandnephew of George Mason (1725–1792);[1][2] grandson of Thomson Mason (1733–1785);[1][2] son of Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Armistead Mason (1760–1825) and Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803);[1][2] nephew of John Thomson Mason (1765–1824);[1][2] second cousin of Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838) and James Murray Mason (1798–1871);[1][2] brother-in-law of William Taylor Barry (1784–1835); brother of John Thomson Mason (1787–1850);[1][2] uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843);[1][2] and first cousin of John Thomson Mason, Jr. (1815–1873).[1][2]

Ancestry

Family of Armistead Thomson Mason
16. George Mason II
8. George Mason III
17. Mary Fowke
4. Thomson Mason
18. Stevens Thomson
9. Ann Stevens Thomson
19. Dorothea Taunton
2. Stevens Thomson Mason
20. Thomas Barnes
10. Abraham Barnes
5. Mary King Barnes
22. Robert King
11. Mary King
23. Priscilla Covington
1. Armistead Thomson Mason
24. Anthony Armistead
12. Robert Armistead
25. Hannah Ellyson
6. Robert Armistead
26. Thomas Nutting
13. Catherine Nutting
27. Elizabeth Booth
3. Mary Elizabeth Armistead
28. Worlich Westwood
14. William Westwood
29. Elizabeth Naylor
7. Mary Westwood
30. Thomas Tabb
15. Mary Tabb
31. Mary Hayward

References

  • United States Congress. "Armistead Thomson Mason (id: M000213)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Armistead Thomson Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Mason family of Virginia". The Political Graveyard. June 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 2) from Virginia
January 3, 1816 – March 4, 1817
Served alongside: James Barbour 		Succeeded by

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