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Mason, James Murray

congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 3, 1798, on Mason's Island, Va. In 1826 he was elected to the Virginia house of delegates, and twice re-elected; and was a presidential elector in 1833. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1839; in 1847 was elected a senator in congress in the place of Senator Pennybacker, and re-elected in 1849, in which position he continued until 1861. He was expelled from the senate in July, 1861. He died April 28, 1871, in Alexandria, Va.