William E. Lee

William Erwin Lee (January 27, 1882 – December 5, 1955) was an American attorney and justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1922 to 1930, serving as chief justice from 1926 to 1929.

Biography Born in North Carolina, Lee graduated from the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1903, During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in the judge advocate corps. In August 1922, Lee was nominated by the Republican Party as their candidate for a seat on the state supreme court, and was elected in November.

Re-elected in 1928, Lee was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) by President Herbert Hoover in January 1930 and left the court. He died at age 73 in December 1955 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.