William M. McCarty

William Mason McCarty
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 14 district
In office
January 25, 1840 – March 3, 1841
Preceded byCharles Fenton Mercer
Succeeded byCuthbert Powell
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the Fairfax and Loudoun Counties district
In office
December 6, 1830 – December 2, 1839
Preceded byJoshua Osborne
Succeeded byJames McIlhaney
Secretary of the Florida Territory
In office
March 3, 1827 – 1830
PresidentJohn Quincy Adams
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the Fairfax and Loudoun Counties district
In office
December 1, 1823 – December 4, 1825
Preceded byWilliam M. Fitzhugh
Succeeded byJoshua Osborne
Personal details
Born1789
Cedar Grove plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedDecember 20, 1863(1863-12-20) (aged 74)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeShockoe Hill Cemetery
Spouse(s)Emily Rutger Mason (m.1816; died 1835), Mary Burwell (m.1811)
EducationCollege of William and Mary

William Mason McCarty (ca. 1789 – December 20, 1863) was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner, and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and Virginia Senate, as well as Secretary of the Florida territory and Acting Governor in the absence of Territorial Governor William Pope Duval.[1]

  1. ^ Copeland & McMaster The Five George Masons, by Pamela C. Copeland and Richard K. McMaster; University of Virginia Press; USA; 2016.