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Clark Johnson Lee Full Name: Clark Johnson Lee Date of birth: July 7, 1858 Date of death: December 20, 1937 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 109 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th (1)   Democrat Comanche / Comanche   Comanche (1) Photo, winner of Democratic primary runoff election, "C.J. Lee: Democratic Nominee for Representative 19th District," The Comanche Chief, 8/30/1918, p. 1, crediting Comanche Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Military Service Notes Private, Gillespie County Texas Mounted Rifles. Clark J. Lee, residence in Plainview, Hale County, Texas, event date 1884; birth date 7/7/1858. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985. Other Resources Census of 1900 - Clark J. Lee, Gillespie County, age 41, born July 1858 in Illinois, merchant, spouse Laura, daughters Grace P., Clark, and Myrtle, sons Robert E. and Leonard B. Census of 1910 - Clark G. Lee, Comanche County, age 51, born circa 1859 in Kansas, spouse Ex O. Lee. Census of 1920 - Clark J. Lee, Comanche, Comanche County, age 61, born circa 1859 in Illinois, carpenter, spouse Ex Lee. Not found in Census of 1930. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 Clark Johnson Lee, death date 12/20/1937 in Cameron County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. Clark Johnson Lee, birth date 7/7/1859 in Marion County, Illinois; death date 12/20/1937 in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas; burial in Brownsville City Cemetery. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Photo, Clark Johnson Lee, interment in Old City Cemetery, Brownsville, Cameron County. Find a Grave. Photo, candidate announcement and platform, "A Statement by C.J. Lee, Candidate for Representative 109th District Containing Some Pertinent Facts and Principles," Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent, 7/5/1918, p. 4, crediting Comanche Public Library. "I served several years as [County] Commissioner in Gillespie County . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 36th Legislature (1919) - C.J. Lee, postoffice Comanche, nativity Illinois, age 60 (born circa 1859), 46 years in Texas, farmer and stockman, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. C. J. Lee, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 36th R.S. - 1919 Agriculture   Common Carriers   Counties   Stock and Stock Raising

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