About John Lee
Lived 1837 – 1881 (aged 43–44). John Lee was a politician.
John Lee (c. 1837 - 1881) was a state legislator who served in the South Carolina State Senate during the Reconstruction era from 1872 until 1874.
Biography Lee was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1837 and was self educated. and trial justice, in 1871 county auditor, postmaster, census marshal, commissioner of elections in 1876.
He served as a captain in the state militia from 1870 until 1873 and then as colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment of the National Guard from 1873 until 1876.
Lee also was a founder of two companies the Champion Hook and Ladder Company in 1871 and the Newberry and Chester Railroad Company.
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Who was John Lee?
South Carolina reconstruction-era American politician
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John Lee was born in 1837 in Columbia, South Carolina.
When did John Lee die?
John Lee died in 1881.
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John Lee was a politician.
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· DBpedia: John Lee (South Carolina politician)
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