Frank Hood Lee | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1873-03-29)March 29, 1873 De Soto, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 1952(1952-11-20) (aged 79) Joplin, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Ozark Memorial Park |
| Political party | Democratic |
Frank Hood Lee (March 29, 1873 – November 20, 1952) was aU.S. Representative fromMissouri.
Born on a farm nearDe Soto, Kansas, Lee moved to Missouri with his parents (Daniel Marion & Lucy [Howard] Lee, who settled nearVirgil City inVernon County in 1876. He attended thepublic schools of Virgil City and studied law.
He served asJustice of the Peace in 1894. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice inJoplin, Missouri. He served as a member of theMissouri House of Representatives for two terms, 1915-1918.
Lee was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress and in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. He was elected as aDemocrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law until his retirement. He owned and operatedThe Southwestern, a Jasper County newspaper, and the Jefferson Hotel. He died inJoplin, Missouri on November 20, 1952, and was interred in Ozark Memorial Park.
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| Preceded by None (New district) | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's at-large congressional district 1933-1935 | Succeeded by None (District dissolved) |
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