Ole Christopher Lee (September 27, 1847 – February 11, 1919) was a member of the

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Biography

Ole Christopher Lee was born in

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. As a child, he moved to the

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, arriving with his family in 1850. He settled in

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in 1879. He married Amelia Anderson in 1885. Lee died in Stoughton on February 11, 1919.

Political career

After working as a county schoolteacher, Lee was clerk of Stoughton from 1882 to 1887 and mayor in 1888. After serving as a member of the

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Board of Supervisors from 1889 to 1893, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1894 and served until 1895.''Honorable Ole Christopher Lee'' (Wisconsin Legislature Journal of Proceedings, 54th Session, 1919, page 293)

References

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