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James M. Mason

American politician (1798–1871)

James M. Mason

In office
January 6, 1857 – March 4, 1857
Preceded byJesse D. Bright
Succeeded byThomas J. Rusk
In office
January 21, 1847 – March 28, 1861
Preceded byIsaac S. Pennybacker
Succeeded byWaitman T. Willey
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Preceded byEdward Lucas
Succeeded byWilliam Lucas
In office
December 1, 1828 – December 4, 1831

Serving with William Castleman, William Wood

Preceded byWilliam Barton
Succeeded byConstituency reestablished
In office
December 4, 1826 – December 2, 1827

Serving with James Ship

Preceded byGeorge Kiger
Succeeded byWilliam Barton
Born

James Murray Mason


(1798-11-03)November 3, 1798
Analostan Island, D.C., U.S.
DiedApril 28, 1871(1871-04-28) (aged 72)
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeChrist Church
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEliza Chew
EducationUniversity of Penns
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1 Guitarist/keyboardist from Roy Ayers' late-'70s jazz-funk band
2 English actor (1909-1984)
3 UK/USA singer of covers
4 indie-folk singer from Richmond, Virginia
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1 Guitarist/keyboardist James Mason was a member of Roy Ayers' legendary late-'70s jazz-funk band, making his most prominent appearance on the 1977 LP Lifeline and its Mason showcase cut "Running Away." That same year, Mason recorded his debut solo album, Rhythm of Life, for the tiny New York independent label Chiaroscuro. It went out of print in an extremely short time, and Mason never recorded another one, pretty much disappearing from sight. However by the '90s, Rhythm of Life had attained near-Holy Grail status among acid jazz enthusiasts, partly because of its rarity and partly because its music – even more rooted in funk than Ayers' – seemed to perfectly epitomize what the rare-groove revival was all abou

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One of the greatest of all British male stars, tall, dark and saturnine James Mason began as a stage actor after reading architecture at Cambridge, making his professional debut with a rep company in Croydon before being taken on by Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic in 1933 to play a useful range of roles.

He entered films with 1935's newspaper thriller, Late Extra (d. Albert Parker), and, once his film career gathered momentum, he rarely appeared on the stage again, with a 1954 season at Stratford, Ontario, as exception. He owed his film start to the legendary American, UK-based agent, Al Parker, who 'discovered' him in 1935 and represented him till he, Parker, died, after which his widow, Margaret Johnston, took over the agency and Mason.

In the 1930s he made about a dozen mostly forgotten films, though given a chance to glower handsomely in, say, The Mill on the Floss (d. Tim Whelan, 1937), or to be the heroine's sensitive protector in Hatter's Castle (d. Lance Comfort, 1941).

It was when he took a riding crop to wicked Margaret Lockwood in The Man in Gre

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