Leslie Jasper Steele
U.S. Congressperson
1868 – 1929
Who was Leslie Jasper Steele?
Leslie Jasper Steele was an American politician and lawyer.
Steele was born in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia to Michael A. and Martha Lucinda Smith Steele, Georgia, and graduated from Oxford College of Emory University in 1893. He taught school from 1893 to 1898, then attended and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens in 1899 with a Bachelor of Laws degree and was admitted to the state bar that same year.
On November 6, 1904 he married Rubie Mae Sprayberry, the daughter of John G. and Lula V. Simpson Sprayberry, born 27 July 1885 Henry County, Georgia and died 23 May 1967 Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia and was buried on the right-hand side of her husband. From this marriage there were eight children.
Steele began practicing in Decatur. He served on the DeKalb County Board of Education from 1902 to 1921 and was elected as the Mayor of Decatur in 1915 and served in that capacity until 1920. In 1915, Steele was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in the Georgia General Assembly and served in that seat until 1919. After his state congressional service, Steele serve as both city and county attorney from 1921 through 1925.
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- Born
- Nov 21, 1868
Georgia - Also known as
- Mayor Leslie Jasper Steele
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Georgia
- Died
- Jul 24, 1929
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on July 23, 2013
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