Richard Bland Lee

Richard Bland Lee
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia
In office
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byRichard Brent
Constituency4th district (1787-1793)
17th district (1793-1795)
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office
1799
Preceded byRoger West
Succeeded byNicholas Fitzhugh
ConstituencyFairfax County
In office
November 8, 1796 - December 3, 1797
Preceded byStacey Taylor
Succeeded bySamuel Clapham
ConstituencyLoudoun County
In office
June 23, 1788 - October 18, 1789
Preceded byJosiah Clapham
Succeeded byAlbert Russell
ConstituencyLoudoun County
In office
May 3, 1784 – October 15, 1787
Preceded byStevens Thomson Mason
Succeeded byJosiah Clapham
ConstituencyLoudoun County
Personal details
Born(1761-01-20)January 20, 1761
Leesylvania, Virginia Colony, British America
DiedMarch 12, 1827(1827-03-12) (aged 66)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyPro-Administration Party
SpouseElizabeth Collins
RelationsBrother of Major Gen. Henry ("Light Horse Harry") Lee III, Brother of Attorney General Charles Lee, Uncle of Robert E. Lee
ChildrenMary Ann Lee
Richard Bland Lee II
Ann Matilda (Lee) Washington
Mary Collins Lee
Cornelia (Lee) Marcrae
Zaccheus Collins Lee
Laura Lee
Nancy Ruth (Lee) Todd
(Lee and his wife were also the parents of two stillborn children)
ResidenceSully
Alma materThe College of William and Mary
OccupationPlanter, judge
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Richard Bland Lee (January 20, 1761 – March 12, 1827) was an American planter, jurist, and politician from Fairfax County, Virginia. He was the son of Henry Lee II (1730–1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792) and the younger brother of both Maj. Gen. Henry ("Light Horse Harry") Lee (1756–1818) and of Charles Lee (1758–1815), Attorney General of the United States from 1795 to 1801, who served in both the Washington and Adams administrations.