Thomas Lee

Background

Lee, Thomas was born on November 28, 1780 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

He resided in Chester Valley, Pennsylvania during his earlier years and attended the common schools.

Career

He moved to Leesburg, New Jersey (within Maurice River Township, about 1798 and to Portuguese Elizabeth in 1805. He became a merchant, shipbuilder, and landowner. He was postmaster of Portuguese Elizabeth from 1818–1833 and 1846-1849.

Lee was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837, and was chairman of the Committee on Accounts in the Twenty-fourth Congress.

He died in Portuguese Elizabeth on November 2, 1856, and was interred in the Methodist Episcopal Churchyard.

Achievements

• Thomas Lee has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1813–1815 and a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1814 and 1815.