| LC control no. | n 50039714 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Virginia |
| Birth date | 1732-01-20 |
| Death date | 1794-06-19 |
| Place of birth | Westmoreland County (Va.) |
| Place of death | Westmoreland County (Va.) |
| Field of activity | Agriculture Politics |
| Affiliation | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | His Observations leading to a fair examination of the system of government, 1787. Encyclopedia Virginia website, "Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794)", accessed June 8, 2022: (Richard Henry Lee; planter, merchant, politician and member ofthe Lee family of Virginia) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 26, 2024 (Lee, Richard Henry, (Brother of Arthur Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, and great-grandfather of Blair Lee), a Delegate and a Senator from Virginia; born at "Stratford," in Westmoreland County, Va., January 20, 1732; after a course of private instruction attended Wakefield Academy, England; returned in 1751; justice of the peace for Westmoreland County 1757; member, House of Burgesses 1758-1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1779; sponsor of the independence resolution; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; author of the first national Thanksgiving Day proclamation issued by Congress at York, Pa., October 31, 1777; member, State House of Delegates 1777, 1780, 1785; again a Member of the Continental Congress 1784-1785 and 1787 and served as President of the Congress in 1784; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, until his resignation October 8, 1792;retired from public life; died at his home, "Chantilly," Westmoreland County, Va., June 19, 1794; interment in the old family burying ground at "Mount Pleasant," near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.) |
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