- Lee family political line
*Thomas Lee (1690-1750), Governor of
Virginia Colony 1849-1850. Father of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, and Arthur Lee.
**Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Delegate to the Continental Congress fromVirginia 1774, member of the Virginia Legislature 1777, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1789-1792. Son of Thomas Lee.
**Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia 1775, Virginia State Senator 1778, member of the Virginia Legislature 1780. Son of Thomas Lee.
**Arthur Lee (1740-1792), member of the Virginia Legislature 1781, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia 1782. Son of Thomas Lee.
***James Madison (1751-1836), member of the Virginia Legislature 1776, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia 1780-1783 1787-1788, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1789-1797, U.S. Secretary of State 1801-1809, President of the United States 1809-1817. Second cousin of Zachary Taylor.
***Henry Lee (1756-1818), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia 1786-1788, Governor of Virginia 1791-1794, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1799-1801. First cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee.
***Charles Lee (1758-1815), Attorney General of the United States 1795-1801. First cousin and son-in-law of Richard Henry Lee.
***Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827), member of the Virginia Legislature 1784, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1789-1795, Judge inDistrict of Columbia 1827. First cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee.
***Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), President of the United States 1849-1850. Second cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee.
****Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), candidate forMississippi State Representative 1843, U.S. Representative from Mississippi 1845-1846, U.S. Senator from Mississippi 1847-1851 1857-1861, candidate for Governor of Mississippi 1851, U.S. Secretary of War 1853-1857, President of theConfederate States 1861-1865. Son-in-law of Zachary Taylor.
****Blair Lee (1857-1944),Maryland State Senator 1906-1912, candidate for Governor of Maryland 1911, U.S. Senator from Maryland 1914-1917, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1916. Great-grandson of Richard Henry Lee.
*****Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1876, Governor of Virginia 1886-1890. Grandson of Henry Lee.
*****William H.F. Lee (1837-1891), Virginia State Senator 1875, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1887-1891. Grandson of Henry Lee.
*****Blair Lee III (1916-1985), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1948 1960 1964 1972, Maryland House Delegate 1955-1962, Maryland State Senator 1967-1969, Maryland Secretary of State 1969-1971, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland 1971-1979, Governor of Maryland 1977-1979. Grandson of Blair Lee.
******Elliot Woolfolk Major (1864-1949),Missouri State Senator 1897-1901, Attorney General of Missouri 1909-1913, Governor of Missouri 1913-1917. First cousin thrice removed of Zachary Taylor.
******Edgar Bailey Woolfolk (1865-1956), member of the Missouri Legislature 1899-1901, Missouri State Court Judge 1913-1943. Second cousin thrice removed of James Madison and Zachary Taylor.
*******Victor D. Crist (1957-),Florida State Representative 1993-present. Descendant of Zachary Taylor.ee also
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