Editing Thomas Sim Lee (section)

{{short description|American politician (1745-1819)}}
{{Other people|Thomas Lee}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Thomas Sim Lee
|image       = 
|office1     = [[Governor of Maryland]]
|term_start1 = November 12, 1779
|term_end1   = November 22, 1782
|predecessor1= [[Thomas Johnson (jurist)|Thomas Johnson]]
|successor1  = [[William Paca]]
|term_start2 = April 5, 1792
|term_end2   = November 14, 1794
|predecessor2= [[James Brice]]
|successor2  = [[John Hoskins Stone|John H. Stone]]
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1745|10|29}}
|birth_place = [[Upper Marlboro, Maryland|Upper Marlboro]], [[Province of Maryland]], [[British America]]
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1819|11|9|1745|10|29}}
|death_place = [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]], [[Maryland]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|party       = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]]
|spouse      = [[Mary Digges Lee|Mary Digges]]
|relations= [[Philip Lee Sr.|Philip Corbin Lee]](grandfather)<br>[[Richard Lee (Maryland Squire)|Richard Lee]](uncle)<br>[[John Lee (Maryland)|John Lee]](son)<br>[[Outerbridge Horsey]](son-in-law)
|alma_mater  = 
|profession  = planter, politician
}}
'''Thomas Sim Lee''' (October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819) was an American planter, patriot and politician who served as Maryland Governor for five one-year terms (1779-1783 and 1792-1794), as well as in the [[Congress of the Confederation]] (1783–84), Maryland Ratification Convention of 1788 and [[Maryland House of Delegates|House of Delegates]] in 1787. He also held local offices and owned many town lots in Georgetown (which became part of the new federal city, [[Washington, District of Columbia]], and spent his final decades operating "Needwood" plantation in [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]], Maryland.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward C. |last1=Papenfuse|first2=Alan F. |last2=Day|first3=David W. |last3=Jordan |first4=Gregory A. |last4=Stiverson|title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 |location=Baltimore|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |year=1979|isbn=0-8018-1995-4|volume= 2|page=529}}</ref><ref>{{CongBio|M000645}}</ref> In addition to working closely with many of the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding fathers]], he played an important part in the birth of his state and the nation.<ref>{{congbio|L000206}}</ref><ref>Dictionary of American Biography." Vol. 11, New York: Scribner's, 1933, p.&nbsp;132.</ref>