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Thomas Sim Lee
Governor of Maryland
In office
November 12, 1779 – November 22, 1782
Preceded byThomas Johnson
Succeeded byWilliam Paca
In office
April 5, 1792 – November 14, 1794
Preceded byJames Brice
Succeeded byJohn H. Stone
Personal details
Born(1745-10-29)October 29, 1745
Upper Marlboro, Province of Maryland, British America
DiedNovember 9, 1819(1819-11-09) (aged 74)
Frederick County, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
SpouseMary Digges
RelationsPhilip Corbin Lee(grandfather)
Richard Lee(uncle)
John Lee(son)
Outerbridge Horsey(son-in-law)
Professionplanter, politician

Thomas Sim Lee (October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819) was an American planter, patriot and politician who served as Maryland Governor for five one-year terms (1779-1783 and 1792-1794), as well as in the Congress of the Confederation (1783-84), Maryland Ratification Convention of 1788 and House of Delegates in 1787. He also held local offices and owned many town lots in Georgetown (which became part of the new federal city, Washington, District of Columbia,and spent his final decades operating "Needwood" plantation in Frederick County, Maryland.[1] [2] In addition to working closely with many of the Founding fathers, he played an important part in the birth of his state and the nation.[3][4]

  1. ^ Papenfuse, Edward C.; Day, Alan F.; Jordan, David W.; Stiverson, Gregory A. (1979). A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789. Vol. 2. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 529. ISBN 0-8018-1995-4.
  2. ^
    • United States Congress. "Thomas Sim Lee (id: M000645)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  3. ^
    • United States Congress. "Thomas Sim Lee (id: L000206)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ Dictionary of American Biography." Vol. 11, New York: Scribner's, 1933, p. 132.

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