John Young Mason was an American politician and diplomat. He was born in Greensville County, Virginia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1816, and then studied law in Connecticut. In 1819 he was admitted to the Southampton County, Virginia, bar. He married the daughter of a prominent land-owner in 1821 and became a planter himself, as well as continuing as a lawyer.
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- John Young Mason was an American politician and diplomat. He was born in Greensville County, Virginia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1816, and then studied law in Connecticut. In 1819 he was admitted to the Southampton County, Virginia, bar. He married the daughter of a prominent land-owner in 1821 and became a planter himself, as well as continuing as a lawyer. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1823 to 1827, was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1829-1830, and from 1831 to 1837 served in the United States House of Representatives, chairing the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1835 to 1836. During this time, he was an active supporter of most elements of Andrew Jackson's presidency, but was also a staunch advocate of states' rights. He was appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1837. He was also a delegate to the Virginia constitutional conventions of 1829 and 1850. Mason was the U.S. Secretary of the Navy from 1844 to 1845 in President John Tyler's Cabinet and then U.S. Attorney General and then again Secretary of the Navy from 1846 to 1849, succeeding George Bancroft, under President James K. Polk. The period of Mason's service as Navy Secretary was marked by intense Congressional pressure for economy, requiring the decommissioning of the Navy's ships of the line and making it difficult to maintain a continuous naval presence on foreign stations. The construction of floating drydocks for several Navy Yards, the simplification of the Navy's ordnance system, an expansion of the Navy's scientific endeavors and the formalization of status of the naval engineers also marked Mason's first term as Secretary. His second term was marked by efforts to sustain the Navy's combat forces in the Gulf of Mexico and along the far-distant Pacific coast, the beginning of construction of new steamers and an effort to obtain potential warships thorough the subsidization of civilian mail steamships. The latter was an early, and ultimately unsuccessful, experiment in public-private partnership. He was in private legal practice from 1849 to 1854 and served as President of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1851 and from 1853, until his death in Paris, France in 1859, the U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France. In this capacity he attracted attention by wearing at the court of Napoleon III a simple diplomatic uniform (for this he was rebuked by U.S. Secretary of State William L. Marcy, who had ordered American ministers to wear a plain civilian costume), and by joining with James Buchanan and Pierre Soulé, ministers to Great Britain and Spain respectively, in drawing up (October 1854) the famous Ostend Manifesto. In politics he was a typical Virginian of the old school, a states rights Democrat, upholding slavery and hating abolitionism. After his death in Paris, his remains were conveyed to the United States and interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA. USS Mason (DD-191) from 1920 to 1940, was named in honor of Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason.
- John Young Mason war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist, Diplomat, Politiker, Marineminister und Justizminister (Attorney General).
- John Young Mason est une personnalité politique américaine et diplomate. Il fut Attorney General des États-Unis et Secrétaire à la Marine puis ambassadeur des États-Unis en France où il mourut. Né en Virginie, il suivit des études de droit. Il épousa la fille d'un important propriétaire terrien et devint lui même planteur, tout en continuant son métier d'avocat. Il fut membre de la Chambre des délégués de Virginie de 1823 à 1827 et fut délégué à la Convention constitutionnelle de l'État de 1829 à 1830. De 1831 à 1837, il servit à la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis, présidant le comité des Affaires étrangères de la Chambre de 1835 à 1836. Durant cette période, il fut un supporter actif de la plupart des politiques de la présidence d'Andrew Jackson mais était aussi un avocat dévoué aux droits propres des États. Il fut nommé juge de cour de district pour le district de Virginie orientale en 1837. Mason fut Secrétaire à la Marine de 1844 à 1845 sous la présidence de John Tyler puis Attorney General et de nouveau Secrétaire à la Marine de 1846 à 1849, succédant à George Bancroft, sous la présidence de James K. Polk. Il retourna à ses activités d'avocat entre 1849 et 1854 et servit comme président de la convention constitutionnelle de Virginie de 1851. De 1853 jusqu'à sa mort à Paris en 1859, il fut l'ambassadeur des États-Unis en France, pendant le Second Empire. Il se joignit à James Buchanan et Pierre Soulé, respectivement ambassadeurs en Grande-Bretagne et en Espagne, et rédigent le célèbre manifeste d'Ostende en octobre 1854. D'un point de vue politique, Mason était un Virginien typique de la vielle école, Démocrate favorable aux droits des États, favorable à l'esclavage. Le destroyer USS Mason de l'US Navy fut nommé en son honneur en 1920.
- ファイル:John Y. Mason SecNavy. jpg ジョン・メイソン ジョン・ヤング・メイソン（John Young Mason, 1799年4月18日 - 1859年10月3日）は、アメリカ合衆国の政治家、外交官。1844年から1845年まで第16代アメリカ合衆国海軍長官を、1845年から1846年まで第18代アメリカ合衆国司法長官を、1846年から1849年まで第18代アメリカ合衆国海軍長官を務めた。
- John Young Mason, född den 18 april 1799 i Greensville County, Virginia, död den 3 oktober 1859 i Paris, Frankrike, var amerikansk politiker och diplomat. Mason var USA:s marinminister 1844-1845 och 1846-1849. Som USA:s justitieminister tjänstgjorde han 1845-1846 under president James K. Polk. Han var USA:s minister till Frankrike 1853-1859. Mason var en demokratisk politiker från Virginia av den gamla skolan; han försvarade delstaternas rättigheter mot den federala regeringens makt, han var en förespråkare av slaveriet som hatade abolitionismen.
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- March 4, 1831 – January 11, 1837
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- John Young Mason was an American politician and diplomat. He was born in Greensville County, Virginia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1816, and then studied law in Connecticut. In 1819 he was admitted to the Southampton County, Virginia, bar. He married the daughter of a prominent land-owner in 1821 and became a planter himself, as well as continuing as a lawyer.
- John Young Mason war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist, Diplomat, Politiker, Marineminister und Justizminister (Attorney General).
- John Young Mason est une personnalité politique américaine et diplomate. Il fut Attorney General des États-Unis et Secrétaire à la Marine puis ambassadeur des États-Unis en France où il mourut. Né en Virginie, il suivit des études de droit. Il épousa la fille d'un important propriétaire terrien et devint lui même planteur, tout en continuant son métier d'avocat.
- ファイル:John Y. Mason SecNavy. jpg ジョン・メイソン ジョン・ヤング・メイソン（John Young Mason, 1799年4月18日 - 1859年10月3日）は、アメリカ合衆国の政治家、外交官。1844年から1845年まで第16代アメリカ合衆国海軍長官を、1845年から1846年まで第18代アメリカ合衆国司法長官を、1846年から1849年まで第18代アメリカ合衆国海軍長官を務めた。
- John Young Mason, född den 18 april 1799 i Greensville County, Virginia, död den 3 oktober 1859 i Paris, Frankrike, var amerikansk politiker och diplomat. Mason var USA:s marinminister 1844-1845 och 1846-1849. Som USA:s justitieminister tjänstgjorde han 1845-1846 under president James K. Polk. Han var USA:s minister till Frankrike 1853-1859.
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