Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as the second President pro tempore of the upper house.
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Birth Place
United States of America, Virginia
Date of Death
June 19th, 1794
Died Aged
-175
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Thomas Lee
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Hannah Harrison Ludwell
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Thomas Ludwell Lee
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Arthur Lee
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Francis Lightfoot Lee
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William Lee
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Hannah Lee
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Anne Aylett
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