Gideon Lee

Gideon Lee II (April 27, 1778 – August 21, 1841) was an American politician who was the 61st Mayor of New York City from 1833 to 1834, and United States Representative from New York for one term from 1835 to 1837.

Early life Lee was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1778, and attended the common schools there. He was a son of Gideon Lee (1747–1811) and Lucy ( Ward) Lee (1746–1817). of the old firm of "Gideon Lee, Shepard Knapp and Charles M. Leupp." and as alderman from 1828 to 1830. He was Mayor of New York from 1833 to 1834, but declined to be a candidate for reelection.

Gideon Lee III (1824–1894), who married Floride Elizabeth Clemson, a daughter of Thomas Green Clemson and Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson (a daughter of U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun). After her death, he married Ella Frances Lorton (1844–1921), a daughter of John S. Lorton.

Lee died on August 21, 1841, in Geneva, New York. He was buried at the Washington Street Cemetery in Geneva, New York.