Gideon Lee
Gideon Lee | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from New York's3rddistrict | |
In office December 7, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | |
Preceded by | Campbell P. White |
Succeeded by | Edward Curtis |
60thMayor of New York City[1] | |
In office 1833–1834 | |
Preceded by | Walter Bowne |
Succeeded by | Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence |
Personal details | |
Born | April 27, 1778 Amherst, Massachusetts |
Died | August 21, 1841 Geneva, New York | (aged 63)
Nationality | American |
Political party | Jacksonian |
Spouse |
Isabella Williamson (m.1823) |
Gideon Lee(April 27, 1778 – August 21, 1841) was an American politician who was the 60thMayor of New York Cityfrom 1833 to 1834, andUnited States Representativefrom New York for one term from 1835 to 1837.
Early life
[edit]Lee was born inAmherst, Massachusetts,on April 27, 1778, and attended the common schools there. He was a son of Gideon Lee (1747–1811) and Lucy (néeWard) Lee (1746–1817).[2]
The first known member of the Lee family was John "Leigh" of an ancient and honorable family of Burton street, London, England. He was born about the year 1600, came toNew England,and settled atAgawam(nowIpswich),Essex County, Massachusetts,in 1635. In 1677 his sons agreed to change the spelling of the family name from "Leigh" to "Lee." Gideon belonged to the sixth generation of this family.[2]
Career
[edit]He became ashoemakerinWorthington, Massachusetts.He moved first to New York City and then toGeorgia,where he was in the mercantile business,[3]of the old firm of "Gideon Lee, Shepard Knapp and Charles M. Leupp."[2]He returned to New York in 1807 and engaged in the leather business.[4]
He served as member of theNew York State Assemblyin 1823,[5]and as alderman from 1828 to 1830. He wasMayor of New Yorkfrom 1833 to 1834, but declined to be a candidate for reelection.[4]
Lee was elected as aJacksonianto the24th United States Congressto fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofCampbell P. Whiteand served from November 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837. He then retired and moved toSeneca LakeinGeneva, New York.[4]
He was apresidential electoron theWhigticket in1840,voting forWilliam Henry HarrisonandJohn Tyler.[4]
Personal life
[edit]On April 28, 1823, Lee was married to Isabella Williamson (1800–1870), who was the daughter of the Rev. David Williamson, a minister of theChurch of Scotland.[2]Together, they were the parents of:[2]
- Gideon Lee III (1824–1894),[6]who marriedFloride Elizabeth Clemson,a daughter ofThomas Green ClemsonandAnna Maria Calhoun Clemson(a daughter ofU.S. Vice PresidentJohn C. Calhoun).[7]After her death, he married Ella Frances Lorton (1844–1921), a daughter of John S. Lorton.[8]
Lee died on August 21, 1841, in Geneva, New York.[9]He was buried at the Washington Street Cemetery inGeneva, New York.[4]
References
[edit]- ^GreenbookArchivedMay 14, 2012, at theWayback Machine
- ^abcdeCommemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families.J.H. Beers. 1897. pp. 1064–1065.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
- ^"Obituary. | Col. JAMES MEINELL".The New York Times.July 4, 1865.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
- ^abcde"LEE, Gideon 1778 – 1841".bioguide.congress.gov.Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
- ^"POLITICAL REMINISCENSES. Two Chapters from the Recollections of a Political Journalist. How New-York was Represented at Albany Fifty Years Ago"(PDF).The New York Times.May 15, 1866.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
- ^"Gideon Lee".St. Louis Globe-Democrat.April 23, 1894. p. 1.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
- ^"CLEMSON WILL CASE. INVOLVING THE TITLE TO THE JOHN C. CALHOUN HOMESTEAD. Which is Now Declared the Property of the State of South Carolina, and will be the Site of an Agricultural College".The Atlanta Constitution.April 9, 1890. p. 5.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
- ^South Carolina Historical Magazine.South Carolina Historical Society.1997. p. 431.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
- ^"DEATH OF HON. GIDEON LEE".The Times-Picayune.September 4, 1841. p. 2.RetrievedNovember 1,2021.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress."Gideon Lee (id: L000193)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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