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About Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. Lee also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, proposed and was a signatory to the Continental Association, signed the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving part of that time as the second president pro tempore of the upper house. He was a member of the Lee family, a historically influential family in Virginia politics.
Everything about Richard Henry Lee →- Occupation
- politician, judge, statesperson
- Position held
- President pro tempore of the United States Senate, President of the Continental Congress, United States senator, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States, British America
- Born
- January 20, 1732, 1733
- Died
- June 19, 1794, 1794