Silas Lee (July 3, 1760 – March 1, 1814) was a lawyer, judge, and

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from

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. Born in Concord in the

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, he pursued

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and graduated from

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in 1784. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and was a member of the

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in 1793, 1797, and 1798. Lee was elected as a

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to the 6th and 7th Congresses and served from March 4, 1799, until August 20, 1801, when he resigned. He was appointed by President

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to be United States Attorney for the District of Maine on January 6, 1802, and served until his death; he was justice of the peace and of the

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in 1803, and probate judge from 1805 to 1814. In 1810 he was chief judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He died in Wiscasset (at the time, a part of Massachusetts' District of Maine). His interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.

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