Robert Quincy Lee
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Robert Quincy Lee was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Texas
Texas
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Born near Coldwater, Mississippi
Coldwater, Mississippi
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, Lee attended the public schools and the Fort Worth (Texas) High School.
He moved with his father to Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
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, in 1886, and to Caddo, Texas
Caddo, Stephens County, Texas
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, in 1891.
He engaged in the general merchandise business.
He moved to Cisco, Texas
Cisco, Texas
Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,851 at the 2000 census.-History:Conrad Hilton started the Hilton Hotel chain with a single hotel bought in Cisco. Hilton came to Cisco to buy a bank, but the bank cost too much; so he purchased the Mobley Hotel in 1919...

, in 1913 and engaged in ranching, agricultural pursuits, and banking. Founder and builder in 1919 of the Cisco & Northeastern Railroad Co., and served as its president 1919-1927.
He served as president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce in 1926 and 1927.

Lee was elected as a Democrat
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 to the Seventy-first
71st United States Congress
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 Congress and served from March 4, 1929, until his death in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, April 18, 1930.
He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Cisco, Texas
Cisco, Texas
Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,851 at the 2000 census.-History:Conrad Hilton started the Hilton Hotel chain with a single hotel bought in Cisco. Hilton came to Cisco to buy a bank, but the bank cost too much; so he purchased the Mobley Hotel in 1919...

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