Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee ( * April 27, 1778 in Amherst, Massachusetts, † August 21, 1841 in Geneva, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1835 and 1837 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Gideon Lee was born during the War of Independence in Amherst. He enjoyed a good education. Lee learned the trade of shoemaker and ran it subsequently in Worthington. He moved to New York City and from there to Georgia, where he pursued until 1807 commercial transactions. He then returned to New York City and was in the leather business operates. He sat in the year 1822 in the New York State Assembly. Then he was 1828-1830 Member of the Board of Aldermen. In the years 1833 and 1834 he was mayor of New York City. He declined to run for re-election. Politically, he was a member of the Jacksonian Group. He was born on November 4, 1835 in the third electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, there to fill the vacancy that was created by the resignation of Campbell P. White. Since he gave up for reelection in 1836, he retired after the March 3, 1837 out of the Congress. He went in 1836 to retire and moved to Geneva. However, he took part in the presidential election of 1840, the elector ( presidential elector ). He died on August 21, 1841 in Geneva and was buried in the Washington Street Cemetery.