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Ole C. Lee

politician (1847-1919)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ19893070 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ole Christopher Lee (September 27, 1847 – February 11, 1919) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Ole Christopher Lee was born in Norway. As a child, he moved to the United States, arriving with his family in 1850. He settled in Stoughton, Wisconsin in 1879. He married Amelia Anderson in 1885. Lee died in Stoughton on February 11, 1919.

Political career

After working as a county schoolteacher, Lee was clerk of Stoughton from 1882 to 1887 and mayor in 1888. After serving as a member of the Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors from 1889 to 1893, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1894 and served until 1895.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ole C. Lee” as politician (1847-1919). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1847, 1919, 1850, 1879—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1847-09-27. The account is most persuasive where politician and 1847-1919 can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as politician (1847-1919). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19893070. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1847, 1919, 1850 and 1879.

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A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ole C. Lee” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.