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  Mason, Stevens Thomson
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AffiliationDemocratic-Republican   
NameStevens Thomson Mason
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, Virginia , United States
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Born December 29, 1760
Died May 10, 1803 (42 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jan 16, 2011 10:53pm
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InfoMASON, Stevens Thomson, (father of Armistead Thomson Mason), a Senator from Virginia; born in Chappawamsic, Stafford County, Va., December 29, 1760; attended William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Dumfries, Prince William County, Va.; served in the Revolutionary Army as an aide to General George Washington at Yorktown; brigadier general in the Virginia Militia; member, State house of delegates 1783, 1794; member, State senate 1787-1790; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1788; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Monroe; reelected in 1797 and again in 1803 as a Democratic Republican, and served from November 18, 1794, until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., May 10, 1803; interment in the family burying ground at “Raspberry Plain” in Loudoun County, Va.


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  11/03/1796 VA US Senate Won 65.52% (+31.03%)
  11/17/1794 VA US Senate - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/01/1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
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