Howard B. Lee

Howard Burton Lee
Howard Burton Lee
18th Attorney General of West Virginia
	In office; 1925–1933
Governor	Howard M. Gore
Preceded by	Edward T. England
Succeeded by	Homer A. Holt
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Putnam County
	In office; 1909–1911
Personal details
Born	Howard Burton Lee; October 27, 1879; Wirt, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	May 24, 1985 (aged 105); Stuart, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Ida Lenore Hamilton (m. 1906; died 1959)
Alma mater	Marshall College; Washington & Lee University
Profession	Author, attorney

Howard Burton Lee (October 27, 1879 – May 24, 1985), of Mercer County, served as the Republican Attorney General of West Virginia from 1925 to 1933.^[1] His efforts to eliminate government corruption during that time helped to end the West Virginia Mine Wars.

Lee was born in Wirt County, West Virginia and graduated from Marshall College.^[1] He wrote a number of books including Bloodletting in Appalachia, The Story of the Constitution, The Criminal Trial in the Virginias, and The Burning Springs and Other Tales of the Little Kanawha.^[1] Lee died at the age of 105 at the Hobe Sound Geriatric Village nursing home in Stuart, Florida.^[2]