Attorney General Mason, full shot, from the Brady daguerreotype. The former
Democratic Congressman from Virginia (1831-1837) held a series of distinguished
posts: Secretary of the Navy (1844-1845, 1846-1849), U.S. Attorney General,
(1845-1846), and U.S. Minister to France (1854-1859). Library of Congress,
Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-109927.
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