Moses Mason Jr. (1789–1866) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Mason moved with his parents to

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, in 1799. He attended the common schools, then studied medicine and commenced practice in Bethel in 1813. He was appointed first postmaster of Bethel April 1, 1815, serving until December 27, 1833. He was a Justice of the Peace 1821–1866, and county commissioner 1831–1834. Mason was elected as a Jacksonian to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837). He was an executive councilor 1843–1845, trustee of the state insane hospital in 1844, and selectman of Bethel for fourteen years. He served as president of

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1854–1856. He died in

, June 25, 1866 and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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1789 births 1866 deaths People from Dublin, New Hampshire County commissioners in Maine People from Bethel, Maine Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Maine-politician-stub