{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mortimer Montgomery Lee | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1846|05|28}}<ref name="tlh">[https://books.google.com/books?id=lOoCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Mortimer+M.+Lee&pg=PA194 Taylor's Legislative History]</ref> | birth_place = Farmington, Pennsylvania, U.S.<ref name="tlh"/> | death_date = | death_place = | office = Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut | order = 18th and 22nd | term_start = 1901 | term_end = 1902<ref name="list">[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/7678076/List-of-mayors-of-Norwalk-1913---present List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626021513/http://www.docstoc.com/docs/7678076/List-of-mayors-of-Norwalk-1913---present |date=2015-06-26 }}</ref> | predecessor = Charles G. Bohannan | successor = John J. Cavanagh | term_start2 = 1894 | term_end2 = 1896<ref name="list"/> | predecessor2 = George Lockwood | successor2 = Charles G. Bohannan | office4 = Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk | term_start4 = 1905 | term_end4 = 1907 | predecessor4 = Wallace Dann,<br />Jeremiah Donovan | successor4 = William Low,<br /> Frederick Quintard | party = Republican | alma_mater = | occupation = | spouse = Julia Clarissa Adams (m. June 24, 1885)<ref>{{Cite web| title=Encyclopedia — of — Connecticut biography | url=http://hylbom.com/family/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/encyclopedia-of-connecticut-biography-1917-vol-8.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107235734/http://hylbom.com/family/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/encyclopedia-of-connecticut-biography-1917-vol-8.pdf | archive-date=2015-11-07}}</ref> | children = Two sons and a daughter: Guy E., Marion M. and Robert M. }}
'''Mortimer Montgomery Lee''' (May 28, 1846 – July 9, 1931)<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 1931 |title=Silk Manufacturer Dies In New York |pages=8 |work=Meriden Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121370227/obituary-for-mortimer-m-lee/ |access-date=March 21, 2023}}</ref> was a two-term Republican mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut from 1894 to 1896 and from 1901 to 1902. He also served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1905 to 1907.
== Early life and family == Lee was born in the town of Farmington, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Alonzo and Almira A. Wright Lee. He received his education at the common schools, and also at Troupsburg Academy, Troupsburg, New York, and Union Academy, Knoxville, Pennsylvania. He became a member of the firm of Haughton & Lee of New York City, importer of lace, in 1880. He was vice-president of the Industrial Savings and Loan Company of New York.
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