Frank Hood Lee (March 29, 1873 – November 20, 1952) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near

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, Lee moved to Missouri with his parents (Daniel Marion & Lucy owardLee, who settled near Virgil City in Vernon County in 1876. He attended the public schools of Virgil City and studied law. He served as Justice of the Peace in 1894. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in

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. He served as a member of the

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for two terms, 1915-1918.

Congress

Lee was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress and in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. He was elected as a

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to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

After Congress

He resumed the practice of law until his retirement. He owned and operated '' The Southwestern'', a Jasper County newspaper, and the Jefferson Hotel. He died in

on November 20, 1952, and was interred in Ozark Memorial Park.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Frank Hood 1873 births 1952 deaths People from De Soto, Kansas People from Vernon County, Missouri Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri