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Thomas Sim Lee

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American politician (1745-1819)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1745 to 1819 · aged 74
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Thomas Sim Lee was an American planter and politician who served as Maryland Governor for five one-year terms, as well as in the Congress of the Confederation (1783-84), Maryland Ratification Convention of 1788 and House of Delegates in 1787.

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Thomas Sim Lee was an American planter and politician who served as Maryland Governor for five one-year terms, 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. 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.

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United States
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Lived 1745 to 1819 · aged 74
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