GIDEON LEE

Lee, Gideon (1778-1841), a Representative from New York; born in Amherst, Hampshire, Mass., April 27, 1778; attended the common schools; learned the trade of shoemaker and engaged in that business in Worthington, Mass.; moved to New York City and thence to Georgia, where he engaged in the mercantile business until 1807; returned to New York City in 1807 and engaged in the leather business; member of the State assembly in 1822; member of the board of aldermen 1828-1830; mayor of New York City in 1833; declined to be a candidate for reelection; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Campbell P. White and served from November 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837; was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; retired in 1836; moved to Geneva, Ontario, N.Y.; died in Geneva, N.Y., August 21, 1841; interment in the Washington Street Cemetery.
Father: Gideon Lee
Mother: Lucy Ward

Spouse 1: Laura Buffington
Born: 24 May 1790 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Died: 15 Aug 1818 in New York City, Kings, New York
Marriage: 23 Sep 1806 in New Lebanon, Columbia, New York
Children Sex Birth
Melvin Lee M
Lucy Ward Lee F
Samuel Buffington Lee M
Maria Louisa Lee F
Laura Theresa Lee F

Spouse 2: Isabella Williamson
Born: 16 Apr 1800 in Whitehaven, England
Marriage: 28 Apr 1823
Children Sex Birth
William Creighton Lee M
David Williamson Lee M
Gideon Lee M
Charles Henry Lee M

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell