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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisNoah Morgan MASON
(1882-1965)
MASON, Noah Morgan, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Glamorganshire, Wales, July
19, 1882; immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his parents,
who settled in La Salle, Ill.; attended the public schools and
Dixon (Ill.) College; was graduated from the Illinois State Normal
University at Normal; teacher and principal of schools at Oglesby,
Ill., 1902-1905 and was superintendent of schools 1908-1936; city
commissioner of Oglesby 1918-1926; member of the Illinois State
Normal School Board 1926-1930; served in the State senate
1930-1936; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth and to the
twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1963); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1962 for the Eighty-eighth
Congress; retired and lived in Plainfield, Ill.; died in Joliet,
Ill., March 29, 1965; interment in Plainfield Cemetery, Plainfield,
Ill.
Bibliography
Samosky, Jack A. “Congressman Noah Morgan Mason:
Illinois’ Conservative Spokesman.” Journal of the
Illinois State Historical Society 76 (Spring 1983): 35-48.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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