Howard Burton Lee (October 27, 1879 – May 24, 1985), of Mercer County, served as the

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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

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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

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