Willard_H._Mase

Willard H. Mase

Willard H. Mase

American politician


Willard H. Mase (June 10, 1834 – January 18, 1894) was an American hat manufacturer, banker, and politician from New York.

Life

Mase was born on June 10, 1834, in Prattsville, New York.[1]

Mase moved to Matteawan at a young age, and he played a major role in the incorporation of the village. He served as village president for a number of years.[1] He initially worked as a practical hatter, later becoming a wool and straw hat manufacturer. He was superintendent of the Matteawan Hat Manufacturing Co., president of the Matteawan Savings Bank, and manager of the Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie.[1]

In 1886, Mase was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Dutchess County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1887,[1] 1888,[2] 1889,[3] 1890,[4] and 1891.[5]

Mase was an alternate delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention[6] and a delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention.[7] He was also elected delegate to the 1894 New York State Constitutional Convention, but he died before the convention began.[8]

Mase died at Stanwix Hall in Albany on January 18, 1894.[9] He was buried in Saint Luke's Church Cemetery in Beacon.


References

  1. McBride, Alexander, ed. (1887). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1887. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Co. p. 153 via Internet Archive.
  2. McBride, Alexander, ed. (1890). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1890. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Co. p. 162 via Internet Archive.
  3. McBride, Alexander, ed. (1891). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1891. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Co. pp. 158–159 via Internet Archive.
  4. Rose, Theodore C.; Burke, James F. (1892). Proceedings of the Tenth Republican National Convention. Minneapolis, M.N.: Harrison & Smith. p. 104 via Google Books.
  5. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1894. Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Company. 1895. p. 925 via Google Books.
  6. "Death of a Prominent Republican". The Columbia Republican. Vol. 76, no. 4. Hudson, N.Y. 25 January 1894. p. 2 via NYS Historic Newspapers.
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