John Y. Mason

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Former United States Attorney General

John Young Mason was a United States representative from Virginia, the 16th and 18th United States Secretary of the Navy, the 18th Attorney General of the United States, United States Minister to France and a United States district judge of the... Wikipedia

Born: April 18, 1799, Emporia, VA

Died: October 3, 1859 (age 60 years), Paris, France

Party: Democratic Party

Place of burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA

Books: Address Before the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina: Delivered in Gerard Hall, June 2, 1847, (the Evening Preceding Commencement Day,) and Communication from the President [J.Y. Mason] Relative to the Causes of Delay in the Completion of the Canal to Buchanan, 1851

Previous offices: United States Ambassador to France (1854–1859), United States Secretary of the Navy (1846–1849), United States Attorney General (1845–1846), and more

Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Litchfield Law School