Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee
Gideon Lee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from New York's 3rd district
	In office; December 7, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	Campbell P. White
Succeeded by	Edward Curtis
60th Mayor 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 (aged 63); Geneva, New York
Nationality	American
Political party	Jacksonian

Gideon Lee (April 27, 1778 – August 21, 1841) was an American politician who was the 60th Mayor of New York City and United States Representative from New York.

Life

He attended the common schools. He became a shoemaker in Worthington, Massachusetts. He moved first to New York City and then to Georgia, where he was in the mercantile business. He returned to New York in 1807 and engaged in the leather business.

Politics

He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1823,[2] and as alderman from 1828 to 1830. He was Mayor of New York from 1833 to 1834, but declined to be a candidate for reelection.

Lee was elected as a Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Campbell P. White and served from November 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837. He then retired and moved to Geneva, New York.

He was a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840, voting for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler.

He was buried at the Washington Street Cemetery in Geneva, New York.

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References

Greenbook Archived May 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
nytimes.com NYT May 15, 1866

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States Congress. "Gideon Lee (id: L000193)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Gideon Lee at Find a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Churchill C. Cambreleng Campbell P. White Ely Moore John McKeon	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd congressional district 1835–1837 with Churchill C. Cambreleng, Ely Moore, John McKeon	Succeeded by Churchill C. Cambreleng Edward Curtis Ely Moore Ogden Hoffman

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[1] Greenbook Archived May 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[2] ytimes.com NYT May 15, 1866