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  1. James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798 – April 28, 1871) was an American lawyer, politician, and Confederate statesman. He served as senator from Virginia, having previously represented Frederick County, Virginia, in the Virginia House of Delegates.

  2. 24 de abr. de 2024 · Trent Affair. James Murray Mason (born Nov. 3, 1798, Fairfax County, Va., U.S.—died April 28, 1871, Alexandria, Va.) was an antebellum U.S. senator from Virginia and, later, a Confederate diplomat taken prisoner in the Trent Affair. Although raised a Tidewater aristocrat, Mason graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and ...

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  3. James Murray Mason: A Featured Biography. In the Senate, James Murray Mason of Virginia resolutely defended southern interests. On January 4, 1850, he introduced the Fugitive Slave Act to strengthen existing law regarding runaway slaves.

  4. FULL NAME: James Murray Mason. BORN: November 3, 1798. Analostan Island, Fairfax County, Virginia. (now Theodore Roosevelt Island, DC) DIED: April 28, 1871 (age 72) Alexandria, Virginia. EDUCATION: University of Pennsylvania (BA, 1818) College of William and Mary (LLB, 1820) POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1820-1821:

  5. James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798 - April 28, 1871) was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Virginia. He was a grandson of George Mason. He is best known for his authorship of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law and his representation of the Confederate States of America as appointed commissioner of the Confederacy to Great ...

  6. Secession Leader. Three-quarters length portrait of James Murray Mason, Congressman/Senator from Virginia by Mathew Brady in 1844. James Murray Mason spent his entire adult life in politics, most of which spent serving his home state of Virginia. While his grandfather George Mason worked to bring the country together, James worked to pull it apart.

  7. James Murray Mason (1798--1871) was a United States senator and a Confederate diplomat, best remembered for drafting the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law and for his involvement in the Trent affair, which in 1861 nearly brought war between the United States and Great Britain.