Howard B. Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Howard B. Lee

American politician

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1879

Place of Birth: Wirt County, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 24-May-1985

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Howard Burton Lee (October 27, 1879 – May 24, 1985), of Mercer County, served as the Republican Attorney General of West Virginia from 1925 to 1933.
His efforts to eliminate government corruption during that time helped to end the West Virginia Mine Wars.
Lee was born in Wirt County, West Virginia and graduated from Marshall College.
He wrote a number of books including Bloodletting in Appalachia, The Story of the Constitution, The Criminal Trial in the Virginias, and The Burning Springs and Other Tales of the Little Kanawha.
Lee died at the age of 105 at the Hobe Sound Geriatric Village nursing home in Stuart, Florida.