Richard Henry Lee

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American statesman Founding Father of the United States human

Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia who introduced the resolution for independence in the Continental Congress and later signed the Declaration of Independence.

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Label	Occurrences
Richard Henry Lee canonical	35
Richard Henry Lee Jr.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American statesman ⓘ Founding Father of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ
advocatedFor	Bill of Rights ⓘ
burialPlace	Lee family cemetery, Westmoreland County, Virginia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1732-01-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1794-06-19 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English American ⓘ
familyName	Lee ⓘ
father	Thomas Lee ⓘ
givenName	Richard ⓘ
introduced	Lee Resolution ⓘ
memberOf	Second Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Continental Congress United States Senate ⓘ House of Burgesses ⓘ surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses
memberOfPoliticalParty	Anti-Administration Party ⓘ
mother	Hannah Harrison Ludwell ⓘ
notableFamily	Lee family of Virginia ⓘ
notableWork	Lee Resolution ⓘ
occupation	planter ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
participantIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ First Continental Congress ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Westmoreland County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Westmoreland County, Virginia ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Anti-Federalist ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of the Continental Congress ⓘ Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ President of the Continental Congress ⓘ President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ United States Senator from Virginia ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
represented	Virginia ⓘ
residence	Chantilly plantation ⓘ surface form: Chantilly plantation, Virginia
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Arthur Lee ⓘ Francis Lightfoot Lee ⓘ William Lee ⓘ
signed	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
spouse	Anne Aylett ⓘ Anne Gaskins Pinckard ⓘ
supported	American independence from Great Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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American Declaration of Independence → signer → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence

First Continental Congress → notableDelegate → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → member → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Lee Resolution → hasAuthor → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Lee Resolution → proposedBy → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Anti-Federalists → notableMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Westmoreland County, Virginia → birthplaceOf → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

First United States Congress → hasPresidentProTempore → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Arthur Lee → sibling → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Committees of Correspondence → notableMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia → notableResident → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

subject surface form: Stratford Hall

President of the Continental Congress → officeHolder → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

United States in Congress Assembled → notablePresidingOfficer → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

House of Burgesses → notableMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Federal Farmer (pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writer) → possibleRealIdentity → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Farmer

Francis Lightfoot Lee → sibling → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Second United States Congress → presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Lee family of Virginia → hasNotableMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Thomas Ludwell Lee → sibling → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

1776 (film) → portrays → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

1776 (stage musical) → mainCharacter → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

subject surface form: 1776 (musical)

Lee family cemetery, Westmoreland County, Virginia → associatedWith → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Lee family cemetery, Westmoreland County, Virginia → hasNotableBurial → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Virginia Committee of Correspondence → hasMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech → associatedWithPerson → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Lee family → notableMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Henry Lee II → notableRelative → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Thomas Lee → child → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Anne Gaskins Pinckard → spouse → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Anne Gaskins Pinckard → spouseName → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Light-Horse Harry → hasRelative → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Lee III

Continental Congress → hasMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

Anne Aylett → spouse → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

delegation of Virginia to the Continental Congress → hasMember → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard Henry Lee Jr.

Federal Farmer → possibleIdentity → Richard Henry Lee ⓘ