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- NAME: Richard Henry Lee
- OCCUPATION: U.S. Representative
- BIRTH DATE: January 20, 1732
- DEATH DATE: June 19, 1794
- EDUCATION: Wakefield Academy
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Westmoreland County, Virginia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Westmoreland County, Virginia
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Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia who made the motion for independence from Great Britain at the Second Continental Congress.
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Though he supported the 1787 Federal Convention in Philadelphia, he worried that the new Constitution had too much power over the states and lacked a bill of rights. He put forth his arguments in a series of "Letters of a Federal Farmer," which became a textbook for the opposition during the ratification process.
In 1789, with the Constitution ratified, Richard Henry Lee served as senator from Virginia, helping shepherd the passage of the Bill of Rights. In declining health,
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he retired from the Senate and public service to his family and the comfort of his home in Chantilly, Virginia. On June 19, 1794, Lee died at the age of 62.
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