Biography

06/08/1844 - 04/05/1910


LEE, James D., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 8, 1844 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; served, United States Navy (1863-1866); salesman; bookkeeper; assistant proof reader, Philadelphia Public Ledger; compositor, Philadelphia Inquirer; lawyer (1868-1910); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1888); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1890); died, April 5, 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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