Henry Lee
Member-elect of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 4th district
Died before taking office
Preceded byAbraham H. Schenck
Succeeded byJames Tallmadge Jr.
Personal details
Born
Henry Bird Lee

1781
Greene County, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 16, 1816 (aged 34–35)
Political partyDemocratic-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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Notes

  1. ^ '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
  2. ^ '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
U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byAbraham H. Schenck Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom New York's 4th congressional district 1816 Succeeded byJames Tallmadge Jr.


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