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Mason, James Murray (1798–1871)| US political leader, born at Georgetown, DC. He was a member of the National House of Representatives 1837–39, and of the US Senate from 1847–61, when he resigned with other Southern senators. Appointed confederate commissioner to Great Britain, he was seized with John Slidell on board the British ship Trent by Capt Wilkes of the San Jacinto. Britain demanded his release, and war was imminent, but Lincoln recognized that the Trent was a neutral ship, and released the commissioners. Mason was not officially recognized in Britain. He lived in Paris and Canada, returning to the USA 1868. |
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