Gordon Lee
U.S. Congressperson
1859 – 1927
Who was Gordon Lee?
Gordon Lee was an American politician who represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1905-1926.
Lee was born near Ringgold, Georgia. He attended the common schools and later graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia in 1880. After college, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and in manufacturing in Chickamauga, Georgia.
Lee was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1894 and 1895. He served in the Georgia Senate from 1902 to 1904 and was appointed to the Georgia Memorial Board by Governor William Yates Atkinson. Lee was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses but was not a candidate for renomination in 1926.
While in Congress Lee was a member of the National Forest Reservation Commission created by the Weeks Act of March 1, 1911. He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924. He resumed agricultural pursuits and died at Chickamauga, Georgia in 1927. He was buried in Chickamauga Cemetery.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Gordon Lee." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/biography/gordon-lee/m/03hkw7_>.
Discuss this Gordon Lee biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In