Gideon Lee
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| Gideon Lee | |
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60th Mayor of New York[1]
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| In office 1833 – 1834 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Bowne |
| Succeeded by | Cornelius W. Lawrence |
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| Born | April 27, 1778 Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 21, 1841 (aged 63) Geneva, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Jacksonian |
Gideon Lee (April 27, 1778 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts - August 21, 1841 Geneva, Ontario County, New York) was an American politician who was Mayor of New York and United States Representative from New York.
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He attended the common schools. He became a shoemaker in Worthington, Massachusetts. He moved first to New York City and then to Georgia, where he was in the mercantile business. He returned to New York in 1807 and engaged in the leather business. He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1823,[2] and as alderman from 1828 to 1830. He was Mayor of New York from 1833 to 1834, but declined to be a candidate for reelection.
Lee was elected as a Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Campbell P. White and served from November 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837. He then retired and moved to Geneva, New York.
He was buried at the Washington Street Cemetery in Geneva, NY.
