Blair Lee I

Politician

1857 – 1944

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Who was Blair Lee I?

Francis Preston Blair Lee was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1914 to 1917. He was also the great-grandson of American patriot Richard Henry Lee, and grandfather of former Maryland Governor Blair Lee III. Lee was named after his maternal grandfather, Francis Preston Blair.

Lee was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended the common schools in the area. He was the son of Samuel Phillips Lee and his wife, the former Elizabeth Blair. He graduated from Princeton University in 1880 and from the law department of Columbian University in 1882. He was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia and of Montgomery County, Maryland in 1883 and commenced practice in Maryland.

Lee was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fifty-fifth Congress in 1896. He was, however, elected to the Maryland State Senate, and served from 1905 to 1913. In 1911, Lee ran for the position of Governor of Maryland, but lost the Democratic nomination to Arthur Pue Gorman, Jr.. In 1915, he again ran for Governor and was defeated in the Democratic Primary by eventual winner Emerson Harrington.

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Born
Aug 9, 1857
Silver Spring
Parents
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Princeton University
    ( - 1880)
  • George Washington University
    ( - 1882)
Lived in
  • Silver Spring
Died
Dec 25, 1944
Norwood
Resting place
Rock Creek Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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