John Calvin Mason Explained

John Calvin Mason
State:Kentucky
District:9th
Term Start:March 4, 1857
Term End:March 3, 1859
Predecessor:Leander Cox
Successor:Laban T. Moore
Term Start1:March 4, 1849
Term End1:March 3, 1853
Predecessor1:Richard French
Successor1:Leander Cox
Office2:Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Term2:1839
1844
1848
Birth Date:4 August 1802
Birth Place:Montgomery County, Kentucky
Death Place:On the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana
Restingplace:Frankfort Cemetery
Party:Democrat
Alma Mater:Transylvania University
Profession:Lawyer
Signature:John-C.-Mason-sig.jpg
Signature Alt:John C. Mason
Allegiance:United States of America
Confederate States of America
Unit:Texas Rangers
Battles:Mexican–American War
American Civil War

John Calvin Mason (August 4, 1802 – August 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Mason attended country and city schools in Montgomery County and Mount Sterling Law School in Lexington, Kentucky.He graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1823.He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Mount Sterling.He engaged extensively in the manufacture of iron.He served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1839, 1844, and 1848.He served in the war with Mexico in 1846 and 1847 in Ben McCollough's company of Texas Rangers, Worth's division, under General Taylor.He moved to Owingsville, Kentucky, in 1847.

Mason was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853).He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.

Mason was elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859).He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Thirty-fifth Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858.He served as a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina.He served as a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Douglas and Johnson in 1860.During the Civil War served with Texas State troops from Brenham, Texas in 1863.He died in August 1865, near New Orleans, Louisiana on board a steamer on the Mississippi River.He was interred in the State Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky.