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Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee is an American politician and the father of Virginia, best known for Resolution Lee of June 1776, motion of the Second Continental Congress calling for colonial independence from Great Britain. led to the declaration of independence of the United States, which he signed. He also served for a one-year term as President of the Continental Congress, as Commissioner of Federal Clauses, and as a US Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving as part of this period as the second interim president of the Senate. He is a member of the Lee family, a family of historic influence in Virginia politics.
BornJanuary 20, 1732, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British America
DiedJune 19, 1794, Westmoreland County, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeBurnt House Fields, Lee Family Estate, Coles Point, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Political partyAnti-Administration
Spouse(s)Anne Aylett (died 1768), Anne (Gaskins) Pinckard
Children13
ParentsThomas Lee, Hannah Harrison Ludwell
ProfessionLaw
Preceded byJohn Langdon
Succeeded byJohn Langdon

About Richard Henry Lee

Politician Richard Henry Lee was born on January 20, 1732 in Virginia, United States (He dies at the age of 62, on June 19, 1794).

This colonial leader was a president of the Continental Congress, a signer of the Articles of Confederation, and the author of the famous Lee Resolution of the Second Continental Congress. He was a key voice in the American colonies' campaign for independence from Great Britain.

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Richard Henry Lee before becoming famous

Richard Henry Lee was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Sea-Goat), and 1732 is also the year of Rat (鼠) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was a Justice of the Peace in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in the decade leading up to the American Revolution.

Achievement of Richard Henry Lee

He was a United States Senator from Virginia in the late 1780s and early 1790s.

Richard Henry Lee's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Thomas, Ludwell, Mary, and Hannah were his four surviving children from his marriage to Anne Aylett. He had five more children with his second wife, Anne Gaskins Pinckard: Anne, Henrietta, Sarah, Cassius, and Francis.

Richard Henry Lee Collabed with

He was a contemporary of fellow Virginia statesman and American founding father War Hero Patrick Henry.

Richard Henry Lee Income & Net worth

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Richard Henry Lee Height and Weight

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Latest information about Richard Henry Lee updated on March 16 2023.