Hilda Mason

Hilda Mason
Member of the Council of the District of Columbia At-large
In office
April 2, 1977 – January 2, 1999
Preceded byJulius Hobson
Succeeded byDavid Catania
Personal details
Born(1916-06-14)June 14, 1916
Campbell County, Virginia, U.S.[1]
DiedDecember 16, 2007(2007-12-16) (aged 91)
Washington, D.C., US
Political partyD.C. Statehood Green Party
ResidenceShepherd Park, Washington, D.C.[1]

Hilda Mason (June 14, 1916 – December 16, 2007) was an American politician and statehood advocate in Washington, D.C. Mason was a member of the D.C. Statehood Green Party and served as an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 1977 to 1999, becoming, at the time, the longest-serving elected official in the district's history since the beginning of home rule.[2] Mason was one of a few members of the Democratic Socialists of America to be elected to public office before 2017.[3]

  1. ^ a b Redmon, Jeremy. "Has her time passed? - Mason denies she's too old to run." The Washington Times. October 16, 1998.
  2. ^ DeBonis, Mike (February 12, 2013). "Jack Evans is now the D.C. Council's longest-serving member". Washington Post. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Democratic Left, vol. 8 no. 1 (January 1990), page 7.

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