{{short description|American politician}} {{other people||Kenneth Lee (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kenneth B. Lee | image = | caption = | speaker = 77th | state_house = Pennsylvania | term_start2 = January 2, 1967 | term_end2 = January 7, 1969 | term_start = January 2, 1973 | term_end = January 7, 1975 | predecessor2 = Robert Hamilton | successor2 = Herbert Fineman | predecessor = Herbert Fineman | successor = Herbert Fineman | office3 = Republican Leader of the<br />Pennsylvania House of Representatives | term_start4 = April 1, 1963<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xhgrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QJ0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6580,14725&dq=kenneth+lee+elected&hl=en https://news.google.com]</ref> | term_end4 = November 30, 1966 | predecessor4 = Albert Johnson | successor4 = Lee Donaldson | term_start3 = January 5, 1971 | term_end3 = November 30, 1972 | predecessor3 = Lee Donaldson | successor3 = Robert Butera | state_house5 = Pennsylvania | district5 = 111th | term_start5 = January 7, 1969 | term_end5 = November 30, 1974 | predecessor5 = District Created | successor5 = Carmel Sirianni | state_house6 = Pennsylvania | district6 = Sullivan County | term_start6 = January 1, 1957 | term_end6 = November 30, 1968 | predecessor6 = | successor6 = | title7 = District Attorney of Sullivan County | term_start7 = 1953 | term_end7 = 1957 | predecessor7 = | successor7 = | birth_date = January 23, 1922 | birth_place = Nauvoo, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|12|23|1922|1|23}} | death_place = Williamsport, Pennsylvania | alma_mater = Mansfield State College<br />Dickinson School of Law | spouse = Marjorie Cole Lee | profession = | party = Republican }}
'''Kenneth B. "Ken" Lee''' (January 23, 1922{{spaced ndash}}December 23, 2010) was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/12/former_pennsylvania_house_spea_1.html|title=Former Pennsylvania House Speaker Kenneth Lee dies at 88|date=24 December 2010|work=Patriot-News|accessdate=24 December 2010}}</ref>
Lee was first elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1957.<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060808211748/http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/VC/visitor_info/gallery/SpeakersPortraits.pdf The Pennsylvania General Assembly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Prior to being elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Lee was in his third year as District Attorney of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.
Lee was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He was a United States Air Force pilot stationed in Italy during World War II. He graduated from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and Dickinson School of Law.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
==See also== * List of Pennsylvania state legislatures
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==External links== {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef| before = Herbert Fineman }} {{s-ttl| title = Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives| | years = 1973–1974 }} {{s-aft| rows = 2 | after = Herbert Fineman }} {{s-bef| before = Robert Hamilton }} {{s-ttl| title = Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives| | years = 1967–1968 }} {{s-par|us-pa-hs}} {{succession box | before=District Created | title=Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 111th District | years=1969–1974<br /><small>Held county-wide seat from 1957–1968</small>| after=Carmel Sirianni}} {{s-ppo}} {{succession box | title=Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania | before= Ralph Scalera | after=William Scranton, III | years=1974}} {{succession box | title=Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | before= Lee Donaldson | after=Robert Butera | years=1971–1972}} {{succession box | title=Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | before= Albert Johnson| after=Lee Donaldson | years=1963–1966}} {{s-end}}
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