Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee (born April 27, 1778 in Amherst , Massachusetts , † August 21, 1841 in Geneva , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Gideon Lee was born in Amherst during the War of Independence . He enjoyed a good education. Lee learned the trade of shoemaker and ran it afterwards in Worthington . He moved to New York City and from there to Georgia , where he did commercial business until 1807. He then returned to New York City and worked in the leather business. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1822 . Then he was a member of the Board of Aldermen between 1828 and 1830 . He was Mayor of New York City in 1833 and 1834 . He turned down a candidacy for re-election. Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York on November 4, 1835 , to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Campbell P. White . Since he on a run again in 1836 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1837 Congress of. He retired in 1836 and moved to Geneva. However, he participated as an elector ( presidential elector on the) presidential election of 1840 in part. He died in Geneva on August 21, 1841 and was then buried in Washington Street Cemetery .

literature

Political Reminiscences, Two Chapters from the Recollections of a Political Journalist. , The New York Times, May 15, 1866

Web links

Gideon Lee in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Gideon Lee in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Gideon Lee on The Political Graveyard website

Individual evidence

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^ Jeremiah Hughes: Niles' Weekly Register , Vol. 59, 1841, p. 229.

predecessor	Office	successor
Walter Bowne	Mayor of New York City 1833 - 1834	Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence

personal data
SURNAME	Lee, Gideon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 27, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amherst , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	August 21, 1841
Place of death	Geneva , New York

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[2] Ontario Co. GenWeb page

[3] Jeremiah Hughes: Niles' Weekly Register , Vol. 59, 1841, p. 229.