Henry B. Lee
Henry Lee | |
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Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 4th district | |
Died before taking office | |
Preceded by | Abraham H. Schenck |
Succeeded by | James Tallmadge Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Bird Lee 1781 Greene County, New York, U.S. |
Died | September 16, 1816 (aged 34–35) |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Henry Bird Lee (1781 – September 16, 1816) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Greene County, New York, Lee practiced law in Patterson, New York. In 1815, Lee served in the New York State Assembly. In 1816, Lee was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives; Lee died before he took office.[1][2]
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[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 'History of Putnam County, New York With Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men,' William S. Pallentreau, E. W. Preston & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1886, Biographical Sketch of Henry Bird Lee, pg. 226
- ^ 'Journal of the Assembly of New York at the Twenty-Ninth Session-January 30, 1816, J. Buel-state printer, Albany, New York: 1816, pg. 6