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Gordon Lee (congressman)

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American politician
Gordon Lee, US Representative from Georgia.

Gordon Lee (May 29, 1859 – November 7, 1927) was an American politician who representedGeorgia in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1905–1926.

Lee was born nearRinggold, Georgia.[1] He attended the common schools and later graduated fromEmory College inOxford, Georgia in 1880. After college, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and in manufacturing inChickamauga, Georgia.

Lee was a member of theGeorgia House of Representatives in 1894 and 1895. He served in theGeorgia Senate from 1902 to 1904 and was appointed to theGeorgia Memorial Board by GovernorWilliam Yates Atkinson. Lee was elected as aDemocrat to the fifty-ninth and to the ten succeeding congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1927), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1926.

While in Congress, Lee was a member of the National Forest Reservation Commission, which was created by theWeeks Act of March 1, 1911.[1] He was also a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1924. He resumed agricultural pursuits and died at Chickamauga, Georgia, in 1927. He was buried in Chickamauga Cemetery.

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  1. ^ab"Walker County".Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 107. Retrieved26 April 2015.

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fromGeorgia's 7th congressional district

March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1927
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