| Samson Mason | |
| Image Name: | Samson Mason.jpg |
| State: | Ohio |
| District: | 10th |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1835 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1843 |
| Preceded: | Joseph Vance |
| Succeeded: | Heman A. Moore |
| State Senate2: | Ohio |
| District2: | Clark & Champaign Counties |
| Term Start2: | December 7, 1829 |
| Term End2: | December 4, 1831 |
| Preceded2: | John Daugherty |
| Succeeded2: | A. M. Colwell |
| State House3: | Ohio |
| District3: | Champaign County |
| Term Start3: | December 1, 1845 |
| Term End3: | December 6, 1846 |
| Preceded3: | Ira H. Bean |
| Succeeded3: | S. B. Williams |
| State Senate4: | Ohio |
| District4: | 11th |
| Term Start4: | January 6, 1862 |
| Term End4: | January 3, 1864 |
| Preceded4: | Richard A. Harrison |
| Succeeded4: | A. P. Howard |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1793 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Ann, New York |
| Death Place: | Springfield, Ohio |
| Party: | Anti-Jacksonian |
| Otherparty: | Whig Party |
Samson Mason (July 24, 1793 – February 1, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York, Mason attended the common schools in Onondaga, New York.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Springfield, Ohio.He served as prosecuting attorney of Clark County in 1822.He served as a member of the State Senate 1829-1831.He served as president judge of the court of common pleas in 1834.
Mason was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843).He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-fifth Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination.Mason was a Presidential elector in 1844 for Clay/Frelinghuysen.[1] He served as a member of the state house of representatives in 1845 and 1846.United States Attorney for Ohio 1850-1853.He served as a delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention in 1850.He served in the state senate 1862-1864.He served from captain to major general in the state militia.He died in Springfield, Ohio, February 1, 1869.He was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery.