John Mason Martin (January 20, 1837 – June 16, 1898) was a

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from

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, son of Joshua Lanier Martin.

Biography

Born in

Athens, Alabama Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, Alabama, Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 c ...

, Martin attended the common schools, the high school in Green Springs, Alabama, and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He was graduated from Centre College,

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, in 1856. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of 1 ...

. He served as member of the State senate in 1871–1876 and served as president pro tempore in 1873–1876. He was professor of equity jurisprudence in the

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in 1875–1886. Martin was elected as a

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to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in

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. He died in Bowling Green, Kentucky, June 16, 1898. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John Mason 1837 births 1898 deaths People from Athens, Alabama Centre College alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party Alabama state senators