succeeded death_date death_place birth_place jr/sr party profession term_end preceded term order term_start birth_date spouse article_title state name alma_mater
thomas j. rusk william lucas waitman t. willey 28 april 1871 alexandria , virginia , u.s. analostan island , d.c. , u.s. united states senator democrat politician , lawyer march 4 , 1857 march 4 , 1839 jesse d. bright edward lucas isaac s. pennybacker january 21 , 1847 -- march 28 , 1861 president of the u.s. house of representatives from virginia 's 15th pro district tempore of the united states senate member january 6 , 1857 march 4 , 1837 3 november 1798 eliza margaretta chew james murray mason
 virginia james murray mason university -lrb- law -rrb- of pennsylvania , college of william and mary
james murray mason

james murray mason -lrb- november 3 , 1798april 28 , 1871 -rrb- was a united states representative and united states senator from virginia .
he was a grandson of george mason and represented the confederate states of america as appointed commissioner of the confederacy to the united kingdom and france between 1861 and 1865 during the american civil war .
