Samuel Bason | |
Birth Name: | Samuel Murphey Bason |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1894 |
Birth Place: | Swepsonville, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Danville, Virginia, U.S. |
Office1: | Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 15th district |
Term Start1: | 1947 |
Term End1: | 1959 |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Martha Hatchette[1] |
Children: | 1 |
Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Relatives: | Russell B. Long (son-in-law) |
Samuel Murphey Bason (December 3, 1894 – January 15, 1986) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 15th district of the North Carolina Senate.[2]
Bason was born in Swepsonville, North Carolina, the son of Flora Murphey and William Henry Bason. He attended Burlington High School, Oak Ridge Military Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the United States Army during World War I.
In 1947, he won the election for the 15th district of the North Carolina Senate, and served for the 15th district until 1959. He worked as a banker[3] in Yanceyville, North Carolina and was an elder of the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church.
Bason died in January 1986 at the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, Virginia, at the age of 91. He was buried in the Yanceyville Presbyterian Church cemetery.