Harry C. Mason

{{short description|American politician}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Harry C. Mason

|image=

|office=Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives

|term_start=January 3, 1898

|term_end=December 31, 1899

|preceded=David L. Sleeper

|succeeded=Arlington G. Reynolds

|party=Republican

|birth_date={{birth date|1867|5|22}}

|birth_place=Cleveland, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1901|8|1|1867|5|22}}

|death_place=Prescott, Arizona Territory

|restingplace=

}}

Harry C. Mason was a politician from Cleveland, Ohio, United States who served as Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.

Harry C. Mason was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 22, 1867.{{sfn|Mercer and Vallandigham|p=152}}{{sfn|Manual|p=381}} He lived in Ravenna, Sylvania, and Madison before returning to Cleveland in 1889.{{sfn|Mercer and Vallandigham|p=152}} He studied law at night while working as a stenographer, and was admitted to the bar in 1891.{{sfn|Manual|p=381}} He formed a partnership with F. L. Taft under the name Mason & Taft.{{sfn|Manual|p=381}}

In 1895, Mason was elected to the 72nd General Assembly, 1896 and 1897, of the Ohio House of Representatives as one of the representatives from Cuyahoga County, Ohio.{{sfn|Mercer and Vallandigham|p=152}}{{sfn|Manual|p=381}} He was re-elected in 1897, and during the 73rd General Assembly, 1898 and 1899, was chosen Speaker of the House by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans opposed to bossism.{{sfn|Manual|p=381}}

Mason was a Republican, and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Sons of Veterans.{{sfn|Manual|p=381}}

He died of tuberculosis in 1901."Ex Speaker Mason Dead", Hamilton Daily Republican-News, Friday, August 02, 1901, Hamilton, Ohio, United States Of America