Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

<p>Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, who led Confederate armies against the U.S. in the American Civil War.</p>

<p>Lee was born on Leesylvania Plantation in Prince William County in the Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Col. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792). His father was the first cousin of Richard Henry Lee, twelfth President of the Continental Congress. His mother was an aunt of the wife of Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr. His great-grandmother Mary Bland was also a grand-aunt of President Thomas Jefferson. Lee was the grandson of Henry Lee I, a great-grandson of Richard Bland, and a great-great-grandson of William Randolph. He was also a descendant of Theodorick Bland of Westover and Governor Richard Bennett.</p>

<p>Lee graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1773, and began pursuing a legal career.</p>

LEE, Henry, (brother of Richard Bland Lee, grandfather of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee), a Delegate and a Representative from Virginia; born at "Leesylvania,'' in Prince William County, Va., January 29, 1756; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Princeton College in 1773; served in the Revolutionary War; commissioned captain of a company of Virginia Dragoons June 18, 1776, that became attached to and part of the First Continental Dragoons March 31, 1777; lieutenant colonel November 6, 1780, and served until the close of the war; commissioned major general, United States Army, July 19, 1798; honorably discharged June 15, 1800; became universally known as "Light Horse Harry''; Member of the Continental Congress 1786-1788; advocated the adoption of the Federal Constitution in the Virginia convention of 1788; Governor of Virginia 1791-1794; commanded the United States forces in the Whisky Insurrection in 1794; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801); at the request of Congress pronounced the eulogy upon President Washington before both branches of Congress, in which Washington is characterized as the man "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen''; died on Cumberland Island, Ga., March 25, 1818; interment at Dungeness, Ga.; reinterment in the crypt, Lee Memorial Chapel, Washington-Lee University, at Lexington, Va., May 30, 1913.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>04/01/1817 VA District 09 Lost 14.54% (-30.04%)</li>
<li>04/00/1805 VA District 8 Lost 0.94% (-98.11%)</li>
<li>04/24/1799 VA District 19 Won 51.37% (+2.75%)</li>
<li>11/30/1793 VA Governor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>11/30/1792 VA Governor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>11/30/1791 VA Governor Won 55.41% (+23.57%)</li>
<li>09/01/1790 VA District 7 Lost 0.69% (-38.80%)</li>
<li>06/01/1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention Won 50.00% (+0.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1787 VA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1786 VA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1785 VA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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