Joseph Mason (March 30, 1828 – May 31, 1914) was a
U.S. Representative from
New York
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Born in
Plattsburgh, New York
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, Mason moved with his parents to
Hamilton, New York in 1840. He attended Hamilton Academy and Madison College (later
Colgate University
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). Mason studied law with his brother
Charles Mason, was
admitted to the bar in 1849, and practiced in Hamilton.
Mason was elected
Justice of the Peace
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in 1849 and served until 1904.
In 1863 he elected county judge and surrogate judge of
Madison County and served from January 1, 1864 to December 31, 1867.
From 1871 to 1876 he served as federal collector of internal revenue for the district that included Hamilton.
He served as city attorney for many years.
Mason was elected as a
Republican to the
Forty-sixth and
Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883). His first election was contested by his
Democratic
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opponent, Sebastian Duffy, but the contest was resolved in Mason's favor. Mason was not a candidate for renomination in 1882, and resumed the practice of law in Hamilton.
He died in Hamilton on May 31, 1914, and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Hamilton.
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1828 births
1914 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
New York (state) state court judges
Politicians from Plattsburgh, New York
People from Hamilton, New York
19th-century American politicians
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