William Mason (September 10, 1786 â January 13, 1860) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1835 to 1837.
Mason was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on September 10, 1786. He studied medicine in Vermont and practiced in Preston, New York. He was a surgeon of the Chenango County Company, New York Volunteers, in 1812. He then became clerk of Chenango County in 1820 â 1821, and a member of the New York State Assembly in 1821 and 1822.
He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837.
Mason died in Norwich, New York on January 13, 1860; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.