Draft:Oliver P. Mason

Oliver P. Mason (May 1829 – August 18, 1891) was chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He was appointed to the position in 1867, and elected in 1868, serving thereafter until 1873.

"came to Nebraska July 10 1855 taking up his residence in Nebraska City which continued to be his home until the fall of 1874. He was born in Madison county New York in May 1829 and lived on a farm in that county until 1852. The following two years were spent in the south in commercial business and he then took up his residence in Northwestern Ohio where he studied law being admitted to the bar at Norwalk in 1854. He came to Nebraska the following year and took an active part in public affairs from the time of his arrival in the new country. He was elected to the lower house of the territorial legislature in 1858 and in 1864 took his seat as a member of the upper house known as the council serving in 1865 and 1866 as the president of that body. He was one of the most active members of the committee which framed the first constitution. June 15 1867 he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court and held this office until January 1872. After leaving the bench he practiced law until the time of his demise. In the spring of 1874 he removed from Nebraska City to Lincoln and that place contiued to be his home until his death."