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The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Lee, U to Z

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Lee, U to Z</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born in Indiana, about 1896. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">automobile financing business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/sthse.html">Washington state house of representatives</a>, 1941; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/stsen.html">Washington state senate</a> 20th District, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WA.html">1952</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="761.94.93">Lee, Virginia</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Linton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ind. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="391.44.31">Lee, W. A.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Stockton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RO-lived.html">Rooks County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/KS.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lee, W. Baxter</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#825.65.16">William Baxter Lee</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="758.33.92">Lee, W. Burch</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Shreveport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CA-lived.html">Caddo Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/LA.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="503.11.84">Lee, W. D.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AU-lived.html">Audrain County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AU-parties.html">Chair of Audrain County Democratic Party</a>, 1943. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="599.18.36">Lee, W. E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Plant City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/plantcity.html">Mayor of Plant City, Fla.</a>, 1920-25. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lee, W. L.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#805.09.65">William Lovard Lee</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="963.79.58">Lee, W. L.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Dothan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HO-lived.html">Houston County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/AL.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/AL.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="257.60.95">Lee, W. McDonald</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Irvington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/VA.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="186.82.19">Lee, Waldemar E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Brazil</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-consuls.html">San Juan, P.R.</a>, 1905-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Honduras</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-consuls.html">San Juan, P.R.</a>, 1921-26; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Chile</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-consuls.html">San Juan, P.R.</a>, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="693.26.12">Lee, Wallace</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Oregon. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oregon</a> 3rd District, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="336.10.25">Lee, Walter</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 14th District, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lee, Warner</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee6.html#290.48.33">N. Warner Lee</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="393.34.96">Lee, Warren Isbell</a> (1874-1955)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Warren I. Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in Bartlett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/02-05.html">February 5, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1906-10, 1920 (Kings County 18th District 1906-10, Kings County 21st District 1920); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 6th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1910 (5th District), 1922 (6th District), 1924 (6th District). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-epsilon.html">Delta Kappa Epsilon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/12-25.html">December 25, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Arthur D. Lee and Nettie (Isbell) Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-15.html">September 15, 1903</a>, to Mira Porter.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000207">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406710">Govtrack.us page</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/3898">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="512.33.36">Lee, Willes K.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/HI.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/HI.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/HI.html">Hawaii Republican state chair</a>, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="746.70.71">Lee, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1781-83. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="623.79.42">Lee, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Massachusetts. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NS-born.html">Nova Scotia</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Bordeaux</a>, 1801-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="097.66.64">Lee, William</a> (1822-1906)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-born.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/04-14.html">April 14, 1822</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/saintpaul.html">Mayor of St. Paul, Minn.</a>, 1870-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/MN.html">1876</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/saintpaul.html#3">St. Paul, Minn.</a>, 1887-92. Died in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/10-21.html">October 21, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-buried.html#cms00693">Oakland Cemetery</a>, St. Paul, Minn. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="956.20.36">Lee, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lee, William</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#955.13.81">C. William Lee</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="488.20.64">Lee, William</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Sun City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AZ.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="965.91.85">Lee, William A.</a> (d. 1926)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Idaho state supreme court</a>, 1921-26; died in office 1926. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-07.html">September 7, 1926</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="568.21.79">Lee, William Aloysius</a> (1895-1984)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William A. Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of River Forest, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill.; Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-11.html">April 11, 1895</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">President</a> of Bakery Drivers Local 734, 1926-60, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">vice-president</a> of the Teamsters' Union; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a> of the Chicago Federation of Labor, 1946-84; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/IL.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/IL.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/IL.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">cardiac arrest</a>, in Northwestern Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/06-16.html">June 16, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 66 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="825.65.16">Lee, William Baxter</a> (b. 1879)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>W. Baxter Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Born in Shelby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CL-born.html">Cleveland County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/06-16.html">June 16, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TN.html">1916</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Southern Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Robert D. Lee and Sarah J. (Damron) Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/03-28.html">March 28, 1905</a>, to Elizabeth Douglas Matthews.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="015.75.74">Lee, William Byron</a> (b. 1959)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Bill Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Fernvale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/10-09.html">October 9, 1959</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Tennessee</a>, 2019-. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Still living as of 2019. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill Lee (Tennessee politician)">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="511.63.67">Lee, William C.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana</a>, 1970-73. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="610.55.37">Lee, William E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Minnesota. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1914. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="189.17.69">Lee, William Edward</a> (b. 1875)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William E. Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-lived.html">Brazil</a>. Born in Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-30.html">December 30, 1875</a>. U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Sao Paulo</a>, 1908-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="480.45.25">Lee, William Edward Alexander</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-consuls.html">San Juan, P.R.</a>, 1935. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="011.53.39">Lee, William Edwin</a> (1852-1920)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William E. Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Long Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/TO-lived.html">Todd County</a>, Minn. Born in Alton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/01-08.html">January 8, 1852</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/TO-officials.html">Todd County Register of Deeds</a>, 1877-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1885-88, 1893-94 (District 39 1885-88, District 46 1893-94). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Long Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/TO-died.html">Todd County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-16.html">November 16, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 313 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/02-14.html">February 14, 1875</a>, to Eva A. Gibson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13583">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="783.14.23">Lee, William Erwin</a> (b. 1882)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William E. Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Moscow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/LA-lived.html">Latah County</a>, Idaho. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MD-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/01-27.html">January 27, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/ID.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/ID.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/spju.html">justice of Idaho state supreme court</a>, 1922-30; resigned 1930; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Idaho state supreme court</a>, 1926-29; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1930-53. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Reuben Francis Lee and Althea (West) Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/07-01.html">July 1, 1914</a>, to Mary Madeline Shields.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="121.95.93">Lee, William G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MS-lived.html">Mississippi County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Mississippi County, 1903-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="569.92.40">Lee, William G.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/CA.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="793.64.03">Lee, William H.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GT-lived.html">Gates County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Gates County, 1865-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/429/41.22.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="William H. Lee"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="429.41.22">Lee, William H.</a> (b. 1876)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Newfane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-born.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/12-08.html">December 8, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Felt mill manager</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NY.html">1952</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 47th District, 1933-38. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Elizabeth M. Gold (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/golan-goldis.html#737.41.75">William J. Gold</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/golan-goldis.html#484.00.53">William A. Gold</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13758.html">Gold family</a> of Lockport, New York.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1936</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="398.72.85">Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh</a> (1837-1891)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>William H. F. Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Burkes Station, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-lived.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-born.html">Arlington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/05-31.html">May 31, 1837</a>. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 8th District, 1887-91; died in office 1891. During the Civil War, he was captured by Union forces, imprisoned, and eventually exchanged for Gen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dow.html#766.65.61">Neal Dow</a>, who had been captured by Confederates. Slaveowner. Died in Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/10-15.html">October 15, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 137 days</a>). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1922 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/lx-buried.html#cms03579">Lee Memorial Chapel</a>, Lexington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#175.56.31">Richard Bland</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000208">congressional biography</a>&nbsp;&mdash; <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406711">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="027.34.46">Lee, William J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Wakefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MA.html">1960</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="539.09.54">Lee, William J.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Conservative. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 23rd District, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="805.09.65">Lee, William Lovard</a> (b. 1873)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>W. L. Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HO-lived.html">Houston County</a>, Ala. Born in Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/04-17.html">April 17, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; mayor of Columbia, Ala., 1899-1903; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1907; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/AL.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alto Velo Lee and Lillie (Lawrence) Lee; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Ellen Thomas.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="351.41.87">Lee, William O.</a> (b. 1844)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. Born in Arbela Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/TU-born.html">Tuscola County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/11-07.html">November 7, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of the peace; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from St. Clair County 1st District, 1921-24. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. He was the third white child born in Tuscola County. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="147.98.05">Lee, William Richard</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> 37th District, 1980-82. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="719.87.75">Lee, William Ross</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn8.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 36th District, 1938; resigned 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="913.28.44">Lee, William S.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Sprague, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Sprague, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="011.21.62">Lee, William Scott</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/denver.html">Mayor of Denver, Colo.</a>, 1887-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="636.34.09">Lee, William Swain</a> (b. 1935)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; also known as <b>Bill Lee</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/12-18.html">December 18, 1935</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-parties.html">chair of Sussex County Republican Party</a>, 1973-77; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 2000 (primary), 2004, 2008. Still living as of 2008. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Walter H. Lee and Virginia (Swain) Lee.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Swain Lee">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="101.88.07">Lee, William W.</a> (c.1817-1882)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born about 1817. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1879. While depressed over the death of his wife, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> by taking an ounce and a half of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">laudanum</a>, in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/12-19.html">December 19, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms00142">Green-Wood Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="953.71.32">Lee, William W.</a> (b. 1900)</b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-born.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-10.html">May 10, 1900</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">retail food business</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Saginaw County 1st District, 1944; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 22nd District, 1945-46; defeated in primary, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/">1926</a> to Mildred Hileman.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="910.71.92">Lee, Willis A.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Kentucky. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="588.39.39">Lee, Z. Collins</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; of Maryland. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maryland</a>, 1841-45, 1850-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="476.69.08">Lee, Z. E.</a></b>&nbsp;&mdash; Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee. 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