Lee's plan ultimately failed, although the survey system developed under the Land Ordinance of 1785 has endured. Political offices Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland County, Virginia (1757) Virginia House of Burgesses (1758–1775) Member of the Continental Congress (1774–1779, 1784–1785, 1787) Virginia House of Delegates (1777, 1780, 1785) President of the Confederation Congress (November 30, 1784 – November 4, 1785) United States Senator from Virginia (March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792) President pro tempore during the Second Congress (April 18 – October 8, 1792) Personal life and family Lee's mother Hannah Harrison Ludwell died in 1750. On December 5, 1757, he married Anne Aylett, daughter of William Aylett. Anne died on December 12, 1768. The couple had six children, four of whom survived infancy. Lee remarried in June or July 1769 to Anne (Gaskins) Pinckard. The couple had seven children, five of whom survived infancy. Lee honored his brother, Francis Lightfoot Lee (another signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence), by naming one of his sons after him. Death and legacy Lee died on June 19, 1794, at the age of 62. Schools in Rossmoor, California, and Glen Burnie, Maryland are named after him, and Richard Henry Lee School in Chicago is named in his honor. The World War II Liberty Ship was named in his honor. The Chantilly Archaeological Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. See also Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Federal Farmer References Further reading McGaughy, Kent J. Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: A Portrait of an American Revolutionary (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003). Selby, John E. "Richard Henry Lee, John Adams, and the Virginia Constitution of 1776." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 84.4 (1976): 387–400. online Unger, Harlow Giles. First Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee and the Call for Independence (2017) online review Primary sources Lee, Richard Henry. The Letters of Richard Henry Lee: 1762-1778 (2 vol 1911–1914) online. also vol 2 online External links President Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee Biography by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, 1856 Richard Henry Lee papers in the Manuscripts and Archives Division at The New York Public Library. Richard Henry Lee Bio 1732 births 1794 deaths American people of English descent American slave owners Anti-Federalists Continental Congressmen from Virginia 18th-century American politicians House of Burgesses members Musical theatre characters People educated at