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About Thomas Bailey Lee
Thomas Bailey Lee (b. 1873) — also known as T. Bailey Lee — of Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont.; Burley, Cassia County, Idaho. Born in Mocksville, Davie County, N.C., August 10, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; Cassia County Prosecuting Attorney, 1908-12; district judge in Idaho 11th District, 1921-26, 1935-36; justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1926-33; appointed 1926; chief justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1931-32.
Member, Phi Gamma Delta; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks
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Thomas Bailey Lee, lawyer and judge, was born in Mocksville, the son of the Reverend William Drayton, M.D., and Sarah Ann Bailey Lee. He attended the Bingham School in Mebane and was graduated with honors from The University of North Carolina in 1894. In Chapel Hill, he was a member of the Order of the Gimghoul and the Dialectic Society and was editor of the yearbook, The Hellenian, and of the student newspaper, The Tar Heel. From 1894 to 1898 he taught languages at the Bingham School, then located in Asheville.
In 1897 Lee was admitted to the bar, having studied law at The University of North Carolina between his teaching stints. The following year he moved to Butte, Mont., where he was admitted to the Montana bar and began practicing. He moved to Burley, Idaho, in 1904 and was prosecuting attorney for Cassia County from 1908 to 1912 and again from 1916 to 1920. Between 1912 and 1914 he served as municipal attorney for Burley. In 1920 Lee was elected district judge for Idaho's Eleventh District, a post he held until 1926, when he became an associate justice of the state supreme court. He served as chief justice in 1931–32 before losing his seat on the court in the election of 1932. In 1934 he was reelected to the judgeship of the Eleventh District.
A Republican, Lee was a member of the American Bar Association and the Idaho Bar Association. In 1895 he served as a captain in the North Carolina State Guard. He was also a Mason, an Elk, a Rotarian, and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. On 4 Nov. 1907 he married Irene Teasdale of Pocatello, Idaho, and they became the parents of four children: Sarah Belle, Mary Katherine, Eleanor Jane, and Thomas Bailey, Jr.
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Thomas Bailey Lee's Timeline
| 1873 |
August 10, 1873
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Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina, United States
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| 1908 |
August 16, 1908
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Idaho, United States
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| 1910 |
March 14, 1910
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Albion, Cassia County, Idaho, United States
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| 1911 |
December 25, 1911
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Idaho, United States
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| 1915 |
September 26, 1915
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Burley, Cassia County, ID, United States
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| 1948 |
March 1, 1948
Age 74
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Boise, Ada County, Idaho, United States
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Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, United States
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