Thomas Lee

Thomas Lee

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

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Education

Law

Read law, 1790

Personal

Birthplace

Charleston, S.C.

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This page is about a former federal judge for the District of South Carolina. If you are looking for information on the Utah Supreme Court Justice, please see Thomas Rex Lee. If your looking for information on the juvenile court judge from the Holmes County Juvenile Court in Ohio, please see Thomas Lee (Ohio).

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Thomas Lee was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He was nominated by President James Monroe on February 7, 1823. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 17, 1823, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on October 24, 1839. Lee was succeeded in this position by Robert Budd Gilchrist.

Early life and education

• Read law, 1790

Professional career

• Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1790-1791
• Associate judge, Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas, Charleston, South Carolina, 1791-1792
• Solicitor, Southern District of South Carolina, 1792-1794
• State solicitor general, South Carolina, 1794-1798
• Member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1796-1804
• Cashier, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1798
• Clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1798, 1800, 1802
• State comptroller, South Carolina, 1804-1816
• President, Bank of South Carolina, 1817-1839
• Member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1822
• Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1817-1823

Judicial career

District of South Carolina

Lee was nominated by President James Monroe on February 7, 1823. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 17, 1823, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on October 24, 1839. Lee was succeeded in this position by Robert Budd Gilchrist.

Political ideology

See also: Political ideology of State Supreme Court Justices

In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.

Lee received a campaign finance score of 0.7, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.45 that justices received in Utah.

The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.

External links

• Lee Bibliography Information from Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: John Drayton	District of South Carolina 1823–1839 Seat #1	Succeeded by: Robert Budd Gilchrist