John Calvin Mason was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Kentucky

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Born near Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Mount Sterling, Kentucky

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, Mason attended country and city schools in Montgomery County and Mount Sterling Law School in Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

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He was graduated from Transylvania University

Transylvania University

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, Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

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, in 1823.
He was admitted to the bar

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 and practiced in Mount Sterling.
He engaged extensively in the manufacture of iron.
He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Kentucky House of Representatives

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 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

Owingsville, Kentucky

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, in 1847.

Mason was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Thirty-first

31st United States Congress

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 and Thirty-second

32nd United States Congress

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 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

35th United States Congress

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 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 delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention

1860 Democratic National Convention

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 at Charleston, South Carolina

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He served as presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Douglas and Johnson in 1860.
During the Civil War

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 served with Texas State troops from Brenham, Texas

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 in 1863.
He died in August 1865 near New Orleans, Louisiana

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 on board a steamer on the Mississippi River

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He was interred in the State Cemetery

Frankfort Cemetery

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, Frankfort, Kentucky

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