John C. Lee
John Calvin Lee | |
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9thLieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
In office January 13, 1868 – January 8, 1872 | |
Governor | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Preceded by | Andrew McBurney |
Succeeded by | Jacob Mueller |
Personal details | |
Born | Delaware County, Ohio | January 7, 1828
Died | March 24, 1891 Toledo, Ohio | (aged 63)
Resting place | Greenlawn Cemetery,Tiffin, Ohio |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Western Reserve College |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States of America Union |
Branch/service | Union Army |
Years of service | 1861 - 1864 |
Rank | Colonel Bvt.Brigadier general |
Commands | 55th Ohio Infantry 164th Ohio Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
John Calvin Lee(January 7, 1828 – March 24, 1891) was anAmericanRepublicanpolitician and soldier who served as the ninthlieutenant governor of Ohiofrom 1868 to 1872.[1]
Biography
[edit]Lee was born January 7, 1828, atBrown Township, Delaware County, Ohio.He received a public education and attended Central CollegeFranklin Countyfor one year, went toWestern Reserve College,known now asCase Western Reserve University,in 1845 and graduated in 1848.[2]He taught school for two years, then began study of law atAtwater, Ohio,where he was admitted to the bar July 6, 1852. He ran for Common Pleas Judge in 1857, but lost.[2]
War years
[edit]Whitelaw Reidwrote this of Lee's service:
John C Lee was residing atTiffin,at the beginning of therebellion,engaged in successful practice of the law. On the 25th of November, 1861, he was commissioned Colonel of theFifty-Fifth Ohio Infantry,and soon after was ordered toWest Virginia.He served for a short time as president of a court-martial convened by order of GeneralRosecransatCharleston,and then joined his regiment atRomney.Being the senior officer he was placed in command of the district of South Potomac by GeneralSchenck.He marched under Schenck to the relief ofMilroyatMcDowellin May, 1862. He also participated in theShenandoah Campaignwhich culminated in theBattle of Cross Keys.He was in the battles of Freeman's Ford, White Sulphur Springs, Warrenton, Bristow's Station, New Baltimore, New Market, Thoroughfare Gap, Gainesville, Chantilly, and the Second Bull Run, in all of which he received the special commendation of his superior officers. At Chancellorsville, in 1863, he was on the right when the enemy made such a furious assault on theeleventh corps,and by his determined efforts, aided byOrland Smithof theSeventy-Third OhioandMcGroartyof theSixty-First,did much to stay the tide of Rebel success. On the account of severe illness in his family General Lee unwillingly tendered his resignation, which was received May 18, 1863. When the National Guard was called out he was commissioned Colonel of theOne Hundred and Sixty-Fourth Ohio,which did service around the fortifications ofWashington.He was mustered out August 27, 1864, and wasbrevettedBrigadier-General March 1865.
— Whitelaw Reid, 1895[3]
Political career
[edit]In 1867, General Lee was nominated for lieutenant governor afterSamuel Gallowaydeclined the nomination. He won that year,[4]and again in 1869.[5]
In 1868, Lee was Delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention, and in 1872Presidential Elector-at-large.In 1877 he was appointedUnited States District Attorneyfor theNorthern District of Ohio,for the term ending 1881.[2][6]
Death
[edit]He died atToledoon March 24, 1891.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Lieutenant Governors Of The State Of Ohio: 1852 - Present".Ohio Secretary of State.Retrieved2012-01-24.
- ^abcSmith 1898:241
- ^Reid 1895:972
- ^1867 election Lee 243,468 Democrat Daniel S. Uhl 240,845 fromSmith 1898:238
- ^1869 election Lee 236,297 Thomas J. Godfrey 228,269 fromSmith 1898:268
- ^"U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio".United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.Archived from the original on 2009-05-13.Retrieved2012-01-19.
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:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"Center for Archival Collections: Northwest Ohio in the Civil War".Bowling Green State University. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-06-10.Retrieved2012-02-07.
External links
[edit]- Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898).History of the Republican Party in Ohio.Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
- Reid, Whitelaw(1895)."John C. Lee".Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers.Vol. 1. Cincinnati:The Robert Clarke Company.p. 972.
- 1828 births
- 1891 deaths
- Lieutenant governors of Ohio
- People from Delaware County, Ohio
- People from Tiffin, Ohio
- Ohio Republicans
- Ohio lawyers
- Union Army colonels
- People of Ohio in the American Civil War
- Case Western Reserve University alumni
- United States Attorneys for the Northern District of Ohio
- 1872 United States presidential electors
- 19th-century American politicians
- 19th-century American lawyers