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  1. John Young Mason (April 18, 1799 – October 3, 1859) 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 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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    Secretary of the Navy, 1844-1845 and 1846-1849. John Young Mason was born in Greensville County, Virginia, on 18 April 1799. After graduation from the University of North Carolina, he studied...

  3. Contents. John Y. Mason. United States diplomat. Learn about this topic in these articles: role in Ostend Manifesto. In Ostend Manifesto. …minister to Great Britain, and John Y. Mason, minister to France, to confer with Soulé at Ostend, Belgium.

  4. John Young Mason. BORN: April 18, 1799, Hicksford (now Emporia) Virginia. DIED: October 3, 1859 (age 60) Paris, France. EDUCATION: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (AB, 1816) Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School. Read Law (1819) POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1819-1821: Practiced Law in Greensville County, Virginia.

  5. Jul 10, 2024 · The Secretary of the Navy is, of course, a follower of the Democratic banner; but his views are not extreme, and he is entirely free from the narrow jealousies of party feeling. Type. Chapter. Information. The Statesmen of America in 1846 , pp. 85 - 86.

  6. Mason was appointed the 16th United States Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President John Tyler and served from March 14, 1844, to March 10, 1845, and again as the 18th Secretary in the Cabinet of President James K. Polk from September 9, 1846, to March 7, 1849. [3]

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  8. John Young Mason (April 18, 1799 – October 3, 1859) 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 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.