Thomas Lee

Judge Thomas Lee

Personal

Birthday:

12/1/1769

Birthplace:

Charleston, SC

Date of Death:

10/24/1839

Place of Death:

Charleston, SC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1790-1791, 1817-1823
Associate judge, South Carolina Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions, 1791-1792
Solicitor, Southern Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 1792-1794
Solicitor general, State of South Carolina, 1794-1798
State representative, South Carolina, 1796-1804, 1822
Cashier, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1798
Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1798, 1800, 1802
Comptroller, State of South Carolina, 1804-1816
President, Bank of South Carolina, 1817-1839

Education

Name of School:

Read law

Degree Year:

1790

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Court Name:

South Carolina District Court

President Nominating:

James Monroe

Party Affiliation of President:

Jeffersonian Republican

Commission Date:

02/17/1823

Termination Date:

10/24/1839

Termination Reason:

Death