Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1795
Preceded by
District established
Succeeded by
Richard Brent
Constituency
4th district (1787-1793) 17th district (1793-1795)
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office 1799
Preceded by
Roger West
Succeeded by
Nicholas Fitzhugh
Constituency
Fairfax County
In office November 8, 1796 - December 3, 1797
Preceded by
Stacey Taylor
Succeeded by
Samuel Clapham
Constituency
Loudoun County
In office June 23, 1788 - October 18, 1789
Preceded by
Josiah Clapham
Succeeded by
Albert Russell
Constituency
Loudoun County
In office May 3, 1784 – October 15, 1787
Preceded by
Stevens Thomson Mason
Succeeded by
Josiah Clapham
Constituency
Loudoun County
Personal details
Born
(1761-01-20)January 20, 1761 Leesylvania, Virginia Colony, British America
Died
March 12, 1827(1827-03-12) (aged 66) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality
American
Political party
Pro-Administration Party
Spouse
Elizabeth Collins
Relations
Brother of Major Gen. Henry ("Light Horse Harry") Lee III, Brother of Attorney General Charles Lee, Uncle of Robert E. Lee
Children
Mary Ann Lee Richard Bland Lee II Ann Matilda (Lee) Washington Mary Collins Lee Cornelia (Lee) Marcrae Zaccheus Collins Lee Laura Lee Nancy Ruth (Lee) Todd (Lee and his wife were also the parents of two stillborn children)
Residence
Sully
Alma mater
The College of William and Mary
Occupation
Planter, judge
Signature
Richard Bland Lee (January 20, 1761 – March 12, 1827) was an American planter, jurist, and politician from Fairfax County, Virginia. He was the son of Henry Lee II (1730–1787) of "Leesylvania" and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792) and the younger brother of both Maj. Gen. Henry ("Light Horse Harry") Lee (1756–1818) and of Charles Lee (1758–1815), Attorney General of the United States from 1795 to 1801, who served in both the Washington and Adams administrations.
RichardBlandLee (January 20, 1761 – March 12, 1827) was an American planter, jurist, and politician from Fairfax County, Virginia. He was the son of...
daughter of Hon. RichardBland (1665–1720) and his second wife, Elizabeth Randolph (1685–1719). Randolph was the daughter of William Randolph. Lee married Lucy...
Robert Edward Lee, later the famed Confederate general during the American Civil War. Henry Lee III's brothers were the noted RichardBlandLee, a three-term...
land was made by the Doeg. Later the Lee family of Virginia owned the land from 1725 to 1839. RichardBlandLee did not build the main house until 1794...
(2021-09-22). "An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed". NPR. Retrieved 2022-12-18. Kaur, Harmeet (2020-08-03). "Activists...
Independence RichardBlandLee (1761–1827), U.S. congressman from Virginia Richard C. Lee (1916–2003), mayor of New Haven, Connecticut RichardLee (Canadian...
(from Virginia), Henry Clay (Kentucky), John Randolph (Virginia), RichardBlandLee (Virginia), Francis Scott Key (Washington, D.C., and Maryland), and...
children: ? Lee (ca. 1723). John Lee (1724–1767), who married Mary (Smith) Ball (1725). Richard "Squire" Lee (1726–1795), who married Sarah "Sally" Bland Poythress...
(1679–1731). Henry Lee I (1691–1747) of "Lee Hall" in Westmoreland County. Henry married Mary Bland (1704–1764), daughter of Hon. RichardBland, Sr. (1665–1720)...
Leigh in supporting the censure of U.S. senators William Branch Giles and Richard Brent of Virginia who had, against the Virginia legislature's instructions...
Andrew Hunter (1804–1888) Robert M. T. Hunter (1809–1887) Eppa Hunton RichardBlandLee (1761–1827) William Mahone (1826–1895) George Mason (1725–1792) James...
Theodorick Lee, younger brother of former Congressman RichardBlandLee in that year. After selling their estate "Sully" in 1811 to Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard...
Independence. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-2618-9. Lee, Ashley (July 28, 2015). "'Hamilton': Lin-Manuel Miranda Repeatedly Rewards...
retain Benjamin Crowninshield of Massachusetts as Secretary of the Navy and Richard Rush of Pennsylvania as Attorney General. Recognizing Northern discontent...
first wife, Martha Epps Wayles. Elizabeth and Francis Epps had two sons, Richard and John Wayles Eppes, the latter of whom married Thomas Jefferson's second...
Powell, Josias Clapham and RichardBlandLee. Ludwell Lee was also a trustee for some of his cousins, since his uncle Henry Lee had married Flora's sister...
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