James Murray Mason
1798–1871
American politician and diplomat. United States senator from 1847 to 1861, when his state, Virginia, seceded from the Union. Appointed Confederate diplomatic commissioner to England in 1861; his detention with John Slidell by the United States Navy, created a tense diplomatic situation between Britain and the United States.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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