| 词条 | James W. Mason |
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| name = James W. Mason | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1841 | birth_place = Chicot County, Arkansas | death_date = 1875 | death_place = | death_cause = | restingplace = | nationality = | religion = | ethnicity = | residence = | education = | alma mater = | occupation = Politician | title = | salary = | networth = | spouse = | parents = Elisha Worthington | children = | relatives = | website = }}James W. Mason (1841–1875) was an African-American politician and the first African American postmaster in the United States.[1] Early lifeJames W. Mason was born in 1841 in Chicot County, Arkansas.[2] His father, Elisha Worthington, was a Kentucky-born large landowner and the owner of the Sunnyside Plantation in Chicot County.[2] His mother was an African slave owned by his father.[2] As a result, he was a mulatto. He had a sister, Martha.[2] He studied at Oberlin College in Ohio.[2] He also studied in France.[2] CareerMason was appointed as the postmaster of Sunnyside in 1867.[2][3] As a result, he was the first African-American postmaster in all of the United States.[2][3] He served as a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1868 to 1869.[2] He was appointed as Consul General to Liberia on March 29, 1870.[4] However, he failed to fill the position.[2] He served in the Arkansas Senate a second time, from 1871 to 1872.[2] He then served as the Sheriff of Chicot County from 1872 to 1874.[2] In the summer of 1873, he was arrested under the suspicion of inciting a race war in the county.[2] However, the judge, Colonel John A. Williams, dismissed the trial.[2] Personal lifeHe married Rachel, who was also of mixed race.[2] They had a daughter, Fannie. Mason died in 1875.[2] References1. ^{{cite web|title=African American Postal Workers in the 19th Century|url=https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/african-american-workers-19thc.pdf|website=About: Postal People|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=7 April 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, James W.}}{{US-politician-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 James W. Mason (1841–1875), The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture 3. ^1 Deanna Boyd, Kendra Chen, The History and Experience of African Americans in America’s Postal Service, National Postal Museum 4. ^[https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mason-james-w U.S. Department of State: Office of the Historian] 7 : 1841 births|1875 deaths|People from Chicot County, Arkansas|American postmasters|Arkansas state senators|Ambassadors of the United States to Liberia|19th-century American politicians |
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