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Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/spju.html">justice of Texas state supreme court</a>, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="641.40.20">Lee, Sam Hudson</a></b> — of Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/monroe.html#2">Monroe, N.C.</a>, 1941-57 (acting, 1941-43). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="325.02.69">Lee, Samuel</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/JO-lived.html">Johnston County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Johnston County, 1822. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="288.73.41">Lee, Samuel</a></b> — of Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 13th District, 1855. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="983.11.96">Lee, Samuel</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SU-lived.html">Sumter County</a>, S.C. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/cncn5.html">Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention</a> from Sumter County, 1868; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/SC.html">1880</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="387.34.45">Lee, Samuel</a></b> — of Burkville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LO-lived.html">Lowndes County</a>, Ala. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/AL.html">1892</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="393.85.56">Lee, Samuel</a></b> — Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania</a>, 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="821.44.67">Lee, Samuel J.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AI-lived.html">Aiken County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Aiken County, 1872-74. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="004.22.86">Lee, Samuel Todd</a> (b. 1876)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel T. Lee</b> — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; West Rutland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Born in Farnley, Leeds, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/05-30.html">May 30, 1876</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/OS-consuls.html ">Nogales</a>, 1907-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-consuls.html ">San Jose</a>, 1909-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Rio Grande do Sul</a>, 1916-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Porto Alegre</a>, 1918-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Nottingham</a>, 1923-25; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-consuls.html ">Lisbon</a>, 1928-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-consuls.html ">Rio de Janeiro</a>, 1929-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Thomas Lee and Betsy (Todd) Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/06-08.html">June 8, 1902</a>, to Emily Griggs Parker.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="839.71.69">Lee, Samuel W.</a></b> — of Northampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-lived.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MA.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="460.99.55">Lee, Sharon</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="834.04.66">Lee, Sidney</a></b> — of Christiansted, St. Croix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ZZ-lived.html">Virgin Islands</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/VI.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/VI.html">1980</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/VI.html">1996</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VI/ofc/legis.html">Virgin Islands legislature</a>, 1977-84. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="363.92.63">Lee, Silas</a> (1760-1814)</b> — of Massachusetts. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/07-03.html">July 3, 1760</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1793; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> at-large, 1799-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Maine</a>, 1801-14; state court judge in Massachusetts, 1805. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/03-01.html">March 1, 1814</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/LI-buried.html#cms01135">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Wiscasset, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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=L000204">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406707">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="893.96.17">Lee, Stephen</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/SM-lived.html">Smith County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/TX.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674258507/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/279/57.95.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Stephen N. Lee"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="279.57.95">Lee, Stephen N.</a> (1860-1942)</b> — of Parke Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn.; Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn. Born in Rollag, Telemark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/04-17.html">April 17, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1911-12, 1917-18 (District 60 1911-12, District 49 1917-18). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/02-15.html">February 15, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-buried.html#cms06082">Rollag Cemetery</a>, Rollag, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Nils Nilson Fikkaneiet Lia and Ambjor Torkelsdtr (Wamreeit) Lia; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/">1884</a> to Margaret Halvorsen.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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=13555">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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> Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="475.39.25">Lee, Susan Clair</a></b> — also known as <b>Susan Lee</b> — of Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MD.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MD.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MD.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="985.79.58">Lee, Sverre J.</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 51, 1895-98. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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=13582">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="822.94.87">Lee, Swords R.</a></b> — of Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/RA-lived.html">Rapides Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/LA.html">1924</a>, <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"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="426.87.32">Lee, Sylvia</a></b> — of Tucker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/GA.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lee, T. Bailey</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#830.05.78">Thomas Bailey Lee</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="300.28.01">Lee, T. F.</a></b> — of North Carolina. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/NC.html">1868</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="434.77.57">Lee, T. P.</a></b> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/TX.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/TX.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/TX.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/TX.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/TX.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="695.69.02">Lee, Thomas</a> (1769-1839)</b> — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/12-01.html">December 1, 1769</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1796-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for South Carolina</a>, 1823-39; died in office 1839. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/10-24.html">October 24, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 327 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1368&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/lee-thomas">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="023.92.19">Lee, Thomas</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1815-16. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="431.40.29">Lee, Thomas</a> (1780-1856)</b> — of New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/11-28.html">November 28, 1780</a>. Democrat. State court judge in New Jersey, 1813; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1814; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> at-large, 1833-37. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-02.html">November 2, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-buried.html#cms03799">Methodist Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Port Elizabeth, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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=L000205">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406708">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="167.53.56">Lee, Thomas</a></b> — of Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Berlin, 1824. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="374.14.69">Lee, Thomas</a></b> — of South Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="830.05.78">Lee, Thomas Bailey</a> (b. 1873)</b> — also known as <b>T. Bailey Lee</b> — of Butte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/SB-lived.html">Silver Bow County</a>, Mont.; Burley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CS-lived.html">Cassia County</a>, Idaho. Born in Mocksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DV-born.html">Davie County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-10.html">August 10, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/CS-officials.html">Cassia County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1908-12; district judge in Idaho 11th District, 1921-26, 1935-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/spju.html">justice of Idaho state supreme court</a>, 1926-33; appointed 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Idaho state supreme court</a>, 1931-32. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Rev. William Drayton Lee and Sarah Ann (Bailey) Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/11-04.html">November 4, 1907</a>, to Irene Teasdale.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="241.11.06">Lee, Thomas E.</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="556.85.63">Lee, Thomas J.</a></b> — of Rahway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/rahway.html">Mayor of Rahway, N.J.</a>, 1862-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1866. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="038.28.34">Lee, Thomas N.</a></b> — of Hancock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HO-lived.html">Houghton County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/hancock.html#3">Hancock, Mich.</a>, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="447.11.24">Lee, Thomas R.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County, 1845. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="346.86.17">Lee, Thomas Sim</a> (1745-1819)</b> — of Maryland. Born near Upper Marlboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1745/10-29.html">October 29, 1745</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Maryland</a>, 1779-82, 1792-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland</a>, 1782-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1788; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1794. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Middleton Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/FR-died.html">Frederick County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/11-09.html">November 9, 1819</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 11 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms04847">a private or family graveyard</a>, Prince George's County, Md.; reinterment in 1888 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-buried.html#cms03595">Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery</a>, Upper Marlboro, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </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 Thomas Lee and Christiana (Sim) Lee; married to Mary Digges; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#908.74.21">John Lee</a>; grandfather of Mary Digges Lee (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#724.26.22">Samuel Laurence Gouverneur</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#656.69.14">John Lee Carroll</a> and Helen Sophia Carroll (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/odem-oestreicher.html#537.13.84">Charles Oliver O'Donnell</a>); third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#692.07.46">Outerbridge Horsey</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#949.48.86">Richard Potts</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#262.89.36">Richard Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#010.52.17">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#361.64.36">Arthur Lee</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hansford-hanzl.html#714.26.19">Alexander Contee Hanson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#392.09.84">Alexander Contee Magruder</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#569.76.27">Daniel Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/magician-magruder.html#997.11.62">John Read Magruder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#221.89.01">Fitzhugh Lee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#297.22.60">Edward Brooke Lee</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#982.73.82">Blair Lee III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#776.61.78">Edward Brooke Lee Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#755.40.63">Hancock Lee Jackson</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laire-lamartine.html#231.45.79">James Sansome Lakin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/major.html#015.79.59">Elliot Woolfolk Major</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#146.63.27">John Howell Carroll</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0104.html">Muhlenberg-Hiester family</a> of Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </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=L000206">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406709">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-sim-lee/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21273728">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="726.90.79">Lee, Timothy</a></b> — of Casa Grande, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PN-lived.html">Pinal County</a>, Ariz. Republican. 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"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="025.42.53">Lee, Todd</a></b> — of Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/VE-lived.html">Vermilion County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/IL.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="435.55.56">Lee, Tom</a></b> — of Gallup, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/MK-lived.html">McKinley County</a>, N.M. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/stsen.html">New Mexico state senate</a> 3rd District, 1971-72. 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