Richard Henry Lee

Richard Henry Lee was the fourth President of the United States, holding office from November 30, 1784 to November 22, 1875.

Biographical Facts

• Born January 20, 1732 in Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia
• Died June 19, 1794 in Chantilly, Westmoreland County, Virginia
• Buried in Burnt House Field Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, near Hague, Westmoreland, Virginia
• Parents: Thomas Lee (b. 1690, d. November 1750) and Hannah Harrison Ludwell (d. January 25, 1750)
• Married Ann Aylett (b. 1738, d. December 12, 1768) on December 3, 1757
• Children by Ann:
  • Thomas Lee (b. October 20, 1758, d. 1805)
  • Ludwell Lee (b. October 13, 1760, d. March 23, 1836)
  • Mary Lee (b. July 28, 1764, d. 1795)
  • Hannah Lee (b. c.1766, d. c.1801)
• Married Anne Gaskins Pinckard in July 1768
• Children by Anne:
  • Anne Lee (b. December 1, 1770, d. September 9, 1804)
  • Henrietta Lee (b. December 10, 1773, d. c.1804)
  • Sarah Lee (b. December 27, 1775, d. May 8, 1837)
  • Cassius Lee (b. August 18, 1779, d. July 8, 1798)
  • Francis Lightfoot Lee (b. June 18, 1782, d. April 13, 1850)

Other Political Offices

• Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland County, Virginia (1757)
• Virginia House of Burgesses (1758 - 1775)
• Member of the Continental Congress (1774 - 1779, 1784 - 1785, 1787)
• Signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Virginia State House of Delegates (1777, 1780, 1785)
• Colonel of the Westmoreland, Virginia Militia
• United States Senator from Virginia (March 4, 1789 - October 8, 1792)
• President pro tempore during the Second Congress