Joseph E. Lee

Joseph E. Lee was a lawyer, judge, federal official, and Republican politician in Florida. He served six years in the Florida House of Representatives and one term in the Florida State Senate and was also a municipal judge and in various Federal positions in Florida.
Lee was born in Philadelphia. He earned his law degree from Howard University in 1873.
He was a minister in the A.M.E. Church and married a woman named Rosa.
The Jacksonville Historical Society has a collection of his papers. In April 2020, a talk was scheduled at the Jacksonville Historical Society on Lee.