Richard Henry Lee
(1732-1794)
American statesman and Founding Father
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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) 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. He also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Continental Association and 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.
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20 January 1732 Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British America
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19 June 1794 (aged 62) Westmoreland County, Virginia, U.S.
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