Background
He was the son of Harvey Zelotes Kasson and Ella (Dean) Kasson.
He was the son of Harvey Zelotes Kasson and Ella (Dean) Kasson.
He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1897. He attended Harvard College, but left without degree during his junior year, and then became a mining engineer and surveyor.
Later he was Fulton County Superintendent of Highways.
Kasson was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Fulton County from 1912 to 1915. And was Chairman of the Board for two years. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Fulton and Hamilton Company) in 1916, 1917 and 1918.
And a member of the New York State Senate (35th Doctorate) in 1919 and 1920.