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  George Mason (1725-1792) — of Virginia. Born in Stafford County, Va., December 11, 1725. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1759; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1776-80, 1786-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787-88. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Fairfax County, Va., October 7, 1792 (age 66 years, 301 days). Interment at Gunston Hall Grounds, Near Lorton, Fairfax County, Va.; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George Mason (1690-1735) and Ann (Thomson) Mason; brother of Thomson Mason; married, April 4, 1750, to Ann Eilbeck; married, April 11, 1780, to Sarah Brent (aunt of George Graham); uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); grandfather of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; granduncle of John Thomson Mason (1787-1850), Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason Jr.; great-grandfather of Fitzhugh Lee; great-granduncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-grandfather of Charles O'Conor Goolrick; fourth great-granduncle of Jerauld Wright.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Mason counties in Ky. and W.Va. are named for him.
  George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, is named for him.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about George Mason: Jeff Broadwater, George Mason : Forgotten Founder
  Thomson Mason (1733-1785) — of Virginia. Born in Stafford County, Va., August 14, 1733. Lawyer; chief justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1770. Died in Stafford County, Va., February 26, 1785 (age 51 years, 196 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Mason (1690-1735) and Ann (Thomson) Mason; brother of George Mason (1725-1792); married 1758 to Mary King Barnes; married, November 23, 1777, to Elizabeth Westwood; father of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); grandfather of Armistead Thomson Mason, John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and John Thomson Mason Jr.; granduncle of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; great-grandfather of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); fourth great-grandfather of Jerauld Wright.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., 1760. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor of Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in St. Louis, Mo., September 18, 1814 (age about 54 years). Original interment at Old Grace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Married, February 14, 1811, to Mary Thomson Mason (sister of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason).
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Howard County, Mo. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) — of Virginia. Born in Stafford County, Va., December 29, 1760. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1780; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1794-1803; died in office 1803. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 9, 1803 (age 42 years, 131 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Thomson Mason and Mary King (Barnes) Mason; brother of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); married, May 1, 1783, to Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Armistead; father of John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Armistead Thomson Mason; nephew of George Mason; uncle of John Thomson Mason Jr.; grandfather of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-grandfather of Jerauld Wright; first cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Thomson Mason (1765-1824) — Born in Stafford County, Va., March 15, 1765. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1801; Maryland state attorney general, 1806. Died December 10, 1824 (age 59 years, 270 days). Interment at Montpelier Hill, Clear Spring, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Thomson Mason and Mary King (Barnes) Mason; brother of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); married 1797 to Elizabeth Beltzhoover; father of John Thomson Mason Jr.; nephew of George Mason; uncle of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason (1787-1850); granduncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-granduncle of Jerauld Wright; first cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Graham (1770-1830) — of Fairfax County, Va. Born in Dumfries, Prince William County, Va., May 16, 1770. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1808-09; U.S. Secretary of War, 1816-17; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Texas Republic, 1818; president, Washington branch, Bank of the United States, 1819-23; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1823-30; died in office 1830. Died in Montgomery County, Md., August 8, 1830 (age 60 years, 84 days). Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1906 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Graham and Jane (Brent) Graham; married 1803 to Mary Ann Barnes (Hooe) Mason; married 1825 to Jane Love Watson; nephew of Sarah Brent (who married George Mason).
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Mason family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) — also known as William T. Barry — of Kentucky. Born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Va., February 5, 1784. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1807, 1814; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky, 1816-17; member of Kentucky state senate, 1817-21; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1824-25; justice of Kentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1828; U.S. Postmaster General, 1829-35. Slaveowner. Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool, England, August 30, 1835 (age 51 years, 206 days). Original interment and cenotaph at St. James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England; reinterment in 1854 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of John Barry and Susannah (Dozier) Barry; married 1805 to Lucy Waller Overton; married 1812 to Catherine Armistead Mason (sister of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason).
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Barry counties in Mich. and Mo. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomson Francis Mason (1785-1838) — also known as Thomson F. Mason — of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.). Born in Fairfax County, Va., 1785. Mayor of Alexandria, D.C., 1827-30. Died in Alexandria, D.C (now Va.), December 21, 1838 (age about 53 years). Original interment at Colross Graveyard (which no longer exists), Alexandria, Va.; reinterment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Thomson Mason (1759-1820) and Sarah McCarty (Chichester) Mason; married, November 19, 1817, to Elizabeth Clapham Price; grandson of George Mason; grandnephew of Thomson Mason (1733-1785); first cousin of James Murray Mason; first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); first cousin thrice removed of Charles O'Conor Goolrick; second cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason, John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and John Thomson Mason Jr.; second cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843).
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819) — also known as Armistead T. Mason — of Virginia. Born in Louisa County, Va., August 4, 1787. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1816-17. Slaveowner. As a result of a bitter election campaign, was killed in a duel with Col. John Mason McCarty, at Bladensburg, Prince George's County, Md., February 6, 1819 (age 31 years, 186 days). Interment at Episcopal Churchyard, Leesburg, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' (Armistead) Mason and Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); brother of Catherine Armistead Mason (who married William Taylor Barry), John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Mary Thomson Mason (who married Benjamin Howard); married, May 1, 1817, to Charlotte Eliza Taylor; nephew of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); grandson of Thomson Mason; grandnephew of George Mason; first cousin of John Thomson Mason Jr.; second cousin of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) — also known as John T. Mason — of near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va.; Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., January 8, 1787. Secretary of Michigan Territory, 1830-31. Died, of malaria, in the Fremont House hotel, Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., April 17, 1850 (age 63 years, 99 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Elizabeth (Armistead) Mason and Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); brother of Catherine Armistead Mason (who married William Taylor Barry), Armistead Thomson Mason and Mary Thomson Mason (who married Benjamin Howard); married, February 9, 1809, to Elizabeth Baker Moir; married, June 29, 1845, to Frances (Magruder) Romyn; father of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); nephew of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); grandson of Thomson Mason; grandnephew of George Mason; second great-grandfather of Jerauld Wright; first cousin of John Thomson Mason Jr.; second cousin of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Wright (1794-1866) — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Clarksville, Rockland County, N.Y., November 13, 1794. Democrat. Mayor of Newark, N.J., 1841-43; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1843-47; president, Morris and Essex Railroad, 1843-66; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1847; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1853-59, 1863-66; died in office 1866; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1860. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., November 1, 1866 (age 71 years, 353 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of William Wright (1754-1808) and Hannah (Dusenbury) Wright; married 1819 to Minerva Peet; great-grandfather of Jerauld Wright.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Murray Mason (1798-1871) — also known as James M. Mason — of Winchester, Va. Born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1798. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1826; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; U.S. Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1837-39; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Confederate States Envoy to England, 1861. Author of the Fugitive Slave Law. When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern senators expelled in absentia on July 11, 1861. Slaveowner. Died April 28, 1871 (age 72 years, 176 days). Interment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Mason and Anna Maria (Murray) Mason; married, July 25, 1822, to Eliza Margaretta Chew; uncle of Fitzhugh Lee; grandson of George Mason; grandnephew of Thomson Mason; first cousin of Thomson Francis Mason and John Thomson Mason Jr.; first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); first cousin thrice removed of Charles O'Conor Goolrick; second cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason and John Thomson Mason (1787-1850); second cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843).
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Stevens T. Mason Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known as Stevens T. Mason; Tom Mason; "The Boy Governor"; "Young Hotspur"; "The Stripling" — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., October 27, 1811. Secretary of Michigan Territory, 1831; Governor of Michigan Territory, 1834-35; Governor of Michigan, 1835-40. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 4, 1843 (age 31 years, 69 days). Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 at Capitol Park, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Elizabeth Baker (Moir) Mason; married, November 1, 1838, to Julia Elizabeth Phelps; nephew of Armistead Thomson Mason; grandson of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandnephew of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); great-grandson of Thomson Mason; great-grandfather of Jerauld Wright; great-grandnephew of George Mason; first cousin once removed of John Thomson Mason Jr.; second cousin once removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Charles O'Conor Goolrick.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Mason County, Mich. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Books about Stevens T. Mason: Harlan L. Hagman, Bright Michigan Morning : The Years of Governor Tom Mason
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815-1873) — of Baltimore, Md. Born near Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., May 9, 1815. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1838-39; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1841-43; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1851-57; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1857-61; secretary of state of Maryland, 1872-73. Catholic. Slaveowner. Died in Elkton, Cecil County, Md., March 28, 1873 (age 57 years, 323 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
  Relatives: Son of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824) and Elizabeth (Beltzhoover) Mason; married, December 14, 1842, to Margaret Augusta Cowan; nephew of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandson of Thomson Mason; grandnephew of George Mason; first cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason, John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and James Murray Mason; first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); first cousin four times removed of Jerauld Wright; second cousin of Thomson Francis Mason.
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
Fitzhugh Lee Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905) — of Richmond, Va. Born in Clermont, Fairfax County, Va., November 19, 1835. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1872, 1876 (member, Credentials Committee); Governor of Virginia, 1886-90; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Virginia District, 1893-96; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1896-98; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., April 28, 1905 (age 69 years, 160 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Sydney Smith Lee and Anna Maria (Mason) Lee; married, April 19, 1871, to Ellen Bernard Fowle; father of Anne Lee (who married James Guthrie Harbord); nephew of James Murray Mason and Robert E. Lee; grandson of Henry Lee; grandnephew of Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee and Edmund Jennings Lee; great-grandson of George Mason; second great-grandnephew of Richard Bland; third great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin thrice removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Arthur Lee and Theodorick Bland (1742-1790); first cousin four times removed of Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin twice removed of Thomas Sim Lee, John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph and Beverley Randolph; third cousin once removed of John Lee and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; third cousin twice removed of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Theodorick Bland (1776-1846), Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Zachary Taylor; fourth cousin of Francis Preston Blair Lee; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Edmund Randolph, Carter Henry Harrison, John Lee Carroll and Edward Brooke Lee.
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Mason family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Charles O'Conor Goolrick (1876-1960) — also known as C. O'Conor Goolrick — of Fredericksburg, Va. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., November 25, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates from Spotsylvania County & Fredericksburg city, 1908-09; member of Virginia state senate 13th District, 1915-23; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. Died June 4, 1960 (age 83 years, 192 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Tackett Goolrick and Frances Bernard (White) Goolrick; married, May 25, 1910, to Nannie Ficklen; third great-grandson of George Mason; first cousin thrice removed of Thomson Francis Mason and James Murray Mason; third cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason.
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Mason family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jerauld Wright (1898-1995) — also known as "Old Iron Heels"; "Old Stoneface"; "El Supremo" — of Washington, D.C. Born in Amherst, Hampshire County, Mass., June 4, 1898. U.S. Navy Admiral; U.S. Ambassador to China (Taiwan), 1963-65. Died, from pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., April 27, 1995 (age 96 years, 327 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Gen. William M. Wright Wright and Marjorie (Jeraud) Wright; great-grandson of William Wright and Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843); second great-grandson of John Thomson Mason (1787-1850); third great-grandson of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); third great-grandnephew of John Thomson Mason (1765-1824); fourth great-grandson of Thomson Mason; fourth great-grandnephew of George Mason; first cousin four times removed of John Thomson Mason Jr..
  Political family: Mason family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
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