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Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859

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Personal name headingMason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859
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Variant(s)Mason, John Young, 1799-1859
Associated countryUnited States France
Associated placeRichmond (Va.)
Birth date17990418
Death date18591003
Place of birthGreensville County (Va.)
Place of deathParis (France)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
United States. Navy
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Key, Cutts, and Turner family papers, 1790-1859 (Mason, John Young)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg. : Mason, John Young, 1799-1859; usage: John Y. Mason)
Bio. Dir. of Am. Congress, 1774-1961 (Mason, John Young; Rep. from Va.; lawyer; state legislator; served in Congress, 1831-1837; del. to state constitutional conventions of 1829 and 1850; Sec. of Navy under presidents Tyler and Polk; U.S. Attorney Genl., 1845-1846; practiced law in Richmond, Va., 1849-1854; U.S. minister to France, 1854-1859)
Wikipedia, Mar. 28, 2014 (b. Hicksford, Greensville County, Virginia, Apr. 18, 1799, died in Paris, France, Oct. 3, 1859)