Charles Mason (judge)

For other people named Charles Mason, see Charles Mason (disambiguation).

Charles Mason (1810 - May 31, 1879 Utica, Oneida County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He lived at Hamilton, New York.

He was District Attorney of Madison County, New York from 1845 to 1847. He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (6th District) from 1847 to 1868, and ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1853 and 1861.

In 1867, he ran on the Republican ticket for the Court of Appeals, but was defeated by Democrat Martin Grover. In January 1868, he was appointed by Governor Reuben E. Fenton to the Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B. Wright. In 1869, he ran again for the Court of Appeals, but was defeated again, this time by Democrat John A. Lott. When the Court of Appeals was re-organized in 1870, he ran again, but was defeated although two Republicans were elected on the minority ticket, but Charles J. Folger and Charles Andrews received more votes.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 351 and 376; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• Court of Appeals judges at New York Court History

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Name	Mason, Charles
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Date of birth	1810
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Date of death	May 31, 1879
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