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Richard Henry Lee
Member From: 1756 - 1794
- Birth Date: January 20, 1732 Birth Place:Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia
- Death Date: June 19, 1794
- Gender: Male Race: Caucasian
- Spouse: Anne Aylett; Anne Gaskins Pinckard
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- Additional Info: 1756-1758 Assembly- Philip Ludwell Lee was appointed to the Council; Richard Lee succeeded him in the House.
- Bio: RICHARD HENRY LEE of Westmoreland County was the son of Governor Thomas Lee of "Stratford" and Hannah Ludwell, daughter of Philip and Hannah (Harrison) LudwelL He left Wakefield Academy at Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1752, and studied at Chantilly near Paris, France. He was a member of the House of Burgesses, 1758-75, and organized the Westmoreland Association,writing its resolutions opposing the Stamp Act, 1766. He was a justice of the peace for Westmoreland County in 1770; originator an d member of the Committee of Correspondence, 1773; member the Virginia Conventions of 1774, 1775 and 1776; the Continental Congress, 1774-79, 1784-87 (President, 1874); offered the resolution from which the Declaration of Independence was formulated; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; signer of the Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of the House of Delegates, 1777, 1780-85; and United States Senator, 1789-92. He married firstly, December 3, 1757, Anne Aylett (born 1738, died December 12, 1768), daughter of Captain William and Elizabeth (Eskridge) Aylett, Jr., and secondly, in 1769, Mrs. Anne (Gaskins) Pinckard, widow of Thomas Pinckard and daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Eustace) Gaskins of "Gascony", Northumberland County, Virginia.
Portrait in Executive Mansion at Richmond, Va. Marble bust by Bryant Baker in the old hall of the House of Delegates, gift of the Society of the Lees of Virginia.
While he was Speaker of the House, the Clerk was JOHN JAMES BECKLEY. - Other Notable Service and/or Elected Offices:
U.S. Senate (1789-1792)
Virginia Constitutional Convention: 1776
Speaker of the House of Burgesses: 1781 (March 1-May 7)
| Session | District | District Number | Party | Leadership | Committees |
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| 1756-1758 | Westmoreland | ||||
| 1758-1761 | Westmoreland | Propositions and Grievances Public Claims |
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| 1761-1765 | Westmoreland | Public Claims | |||
| 1766-1768 | Westmoreland | Public Claims | |||
| 1769 | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
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| 1769-1771 | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
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| 1772-1774 | Westmoreland | Public Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
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| 1775-1776 | Westmoreland | Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Public Claims Religion |
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| 1776 | Westmoreland | Public Claims (Chair) Privileges & Elections Religion Trade |
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| 1777-1778 | Westmoreland | Public Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion Trade |
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| 1778 | Westmoreland | Public Claims (Chair) Privileges & Elections |
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| 1779 | Westmoreland | Trade (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections |
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| 1780-1781 | Westmoreland | Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
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| 1781-1782 | Westmoreland | Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
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| 1782 | Westmoreland | Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
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| 1783 | Westmoreland | Claims (November 1783) (Chair) Trade (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
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| 1784-1785 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
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| 1785-1786 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1786-1787 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections |
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| 1787-1788 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Commerce Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1788 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1789 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
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| 1790 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges & Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
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| 1792 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Clerk's Office Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
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| 1793 | Westmoreland | Claims (Chair) Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances Religion |
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