| Richard Henry Lee | |
|---|---|
 The Virginian Statesman | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Title | Statesman |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Caucasian |
| Faction | Patriots |
| Health | Good |
| Level | N/A |
| Age | N/A |
| Status | N/A |
| Location | America |
Richard Henry Lee makes his first appeareance in The First Fourth of July (episode)
He is a prominent Virginian statesmen and one of the most passionate and bold delegates who helped convince the second Continental Congress to declare independence, initiating the American Revolution.
In the series he is depicted with blond hair and seemingly brown eyes while in real life paintings portray him with blue. He wears a dark overcoat, cravat, and a blue vest.
His most famous scene in the series is when he announces "Lee's Resolution" (June 7, 1776) during the Second Continental Congress, resolving that "these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."
He was in Virginia when Congress voted on and adopted the Declaration of Independence but signed the document when he returned to Congress.
He is elected the 6th President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation on November 30, 1784 and he presided until November 23, 1785, helping direct policy and the shape of the budding new nation.
Richard Henry Lee before Congress
While his military involvement is not shown in the series, Lee participates in skirmishes, notably in the Southern Theater of the American Revolution, such as at the Battle of Fort Ninety-Six in South Carolina.
Trivia[]
- Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia and died there June 19, 1794 (age 62)
- He becomes a notable Anti-Federalist after the war alongside Patrick Henry
- Served one-term as President of the Continental Congress and was a member of the Continental Congress (1774-1779, 1784-1785, 1787)
- He met Patrick Henry when he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758 and kept his position until 1775
- One of the creators of the Committees of Correspondence and early advocate of independence
- Delegate to the First Continental Congress and he is a Virginia House Delegate (1777, 1789, 1785)
- Signed the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence
- US Virginia States Senator, 1789-1792
- A famed member of "The Lees of Old Virginia"
- He had 13 children in total: 6 (4 who survived infancy) with his first wife (Anne Aylett) who died and then he remarried Anne (Gaskins Pinckard and had 7 children (5 who survived infancy)
- In real life, Lee kept a hand wrapped in black silk to hide the deformation caused by a hunting accident