Thomson Francis Mason

For other people called Thomson Mason, see Thomson Mason (disambiguation).
Thomson Francis Mason
Born1785 (1785)
Gunston Hall, Fairfax County, Virginia
DiedDecember 21, 1838 (aged 52–53)
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Alma materCollege of New Jersey
Occupation(s)lawyer, councilman, judge, and mayor of Alexandria, D.C.
SpouseElizabeth "Betsey" Clapham Price
Children9, including Arthur Pendleton Mason
FatherThomas Mason

Thomson Francis Mason (1785 – 21 December 1838)[1][2] was an American lawyer, planter and politician who served as the mayor of Alexandria (then in the District of Columbia, but now Virginia) between 1827 and 1830, and as a justice of the peace for many years and briefly in the months before his death as a judge of the Washington, D.C., criminal court.[2]

  1. ^ Gunston Hall. "Thomson Francis Mason". Gunston Hall. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  2. ^ a b The Political Graveyard (June 16, 2008). "Mason family of Virginia". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2009-03-07.