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Howard B. Lee

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Howard Burton Lee
18th Attorney General of West Virginia
In office
1925–1933
GovernorHoward M. Gore
Preceded byEdward T. England
Succeeded byHomer A. Holt
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Putnam County
In office
1909–1911
Personal details
Born
Howard Burton Lee

(1879-10-27)October 27, 1879
Wirt, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedMay 24, 1985(1985-05-24) (aged 105)
Stuart, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Ida Lenore Hamilton
(m. 1906; died 1959)
Alma materMarshall College
Washington & Lee University
ProfessionAuthor, 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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Howard B. Lee". The West Virginia Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "HOWARD B. LEE, 105 YEARS OLD". The Miami Herald. The McClatchy Company. 1985-05-26. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for West Virginia Attorney General
1924, 1928, 1932
Succeeded by
Philip Hill
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of West Virginia
1925–1933
Succeeded by