Moses Lindley LEE, Congress, NY (1805-1876)

LEE, Moses Lindley, a Representative from New York; born in Minisink, N.Y., May 29, 1805; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Union College in 1827 and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Western New York in 1830; practiced medicine in Fulton, Oswego County, N.Y.; postmaster at Fulton 1840-1844; member of the State assembly in 1847 and 1848; served in the State senate in 1855; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); resumed the practice of medicine in Fulton, N.Y.; returning from a visit in the South became seriously ill at Petersburg, Va., and died there on May 19, 1876; interment in Mount Adnah Cemetery, Fulton, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present