Leslie Jasper Steele, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leslie Jasper Steele

American politician

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1868

Place of Birth: Decatur, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1929

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Leslie Jasper Steele

  • Leslie Jasper Steele (November 21, 1868 – July 24, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer. Steele was born in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia to Michael A.
  • and Martha Lucinda Smith Steele, Georgia, and graduated from Oxford College of Emory University in 1893.
  • He taught school from 1893 to 1898, then attended and graduated from the University of Georgia (UGA) School of Law in Athens in 1899 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree and was admitted to the state bar that same year. On November 6, 1904 he married Rubie Mae Sprayberry, the daughter of John G.
  • and Lula V.
  • Simpson Sprayberry, born 27 July 1885 Henry County, Georgia and died 23 May 1967 Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia and was buried on the right-hand side of her husband.
  • From this marriage there were eight children. Steele began practicing in Decatur.
  • He served on the DeKalb County Board of Education from 1902 to 1921 and was elected as the Mayor of Decatur in 1915 and served in that capacity until 1920.
  • In 1915, Steele was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in the Georgia General Assembly and served in that seat until 1919.
  • After his state congressional service, Steele serve as both city and county attorney from 1921 through 1925. In 1926, Steele was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat representing Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 70th United States Congress.
  • He was elected to one additional term; however, he died while serving that second term in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 1929 at Garfield Memorial Hospital.
  • He was buried in the Steele Family Plot at Decatur City Cemetery in the city of Decatur.

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