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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaRobert Emmett LEE
(1868-1916)
LEE, Robert Emmett, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pottsville, Schuykill
County, Pa., October 12, 1868; attended the common schools;
apprenticed to the blacksmith’s trade; engaged in mercantile
pursuits in Pottsville; county treasurer in 1905; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; elected
as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March
4, 1911-March 3, 1915); chairman, Committee on Mileage
(Sixty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed his former business
activities in Pottsville; unsuccessful candidate for election in
1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; died in Pottsville, Pa., November
19, 1916; interment in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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