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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaWilliam Mason McCARTY
(17891863)
McCARTY, William Mason, a
Representative from Virginia; born at “Cedar Grove,”
Fairfax County, Va., about 1789; received his early education from
private tutors; attended the College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, Va., in 1813 and 1814; studied law; was admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in Virginia; member of the State
senate in 1823; moved to Florida and was prominently identified
with the administration of the newly acquired territory; appointed
by President John Quincy Adams as secretary of the Territory of
Florida to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George
Walton in 1826; served as Governor of the Territory for a short
time in 1827; returned to Virginia in 1830 and settled in Loudoun
County; resumed the practice of his profession; again a member of
the State senate 1830-1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles
F. Mercer and served from January 25, 1840, to March 3, 1841; moved
to Richmond, Va., in 1852 and died there December 20, 1863;
interment in Shockoe Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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