Henry Lee Quotes


I will not live in the same country as these insolent Northerners.


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Henry Lee, 1756-1818, Member of the Continental Congress, Governor of Virginia, U.S. Congressman (Federalist, VA), Comment when the first Congress was deadlocked over sectional issues

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Henry Lee
Henry Lee
  • Born: January 29, 1756
  • Died: March 25, 1818
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Major-General Henry Lee III was an early American Patriot and politician. He served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War.