Joseph Lee (1901-1991) was an American politician who served ten terms on the Boston School Committee.
[1] After graduating, Lee worked on a ranch in Wyoming, the Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts, and was a reporter for the Boston Post.
In 1940, he stated that a proposed pay increase for female teachers would "encourage birth control and race suicide.
"[3] In 1940, Lee ran for a seat on the Massachusetts Governor's Council, but lost the Democratic primary to Daniel H.
[4] In 1942 Lee lost the Democratic primary for the United States Senate seat held by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
He finished third in the Democratic primary behind Joseph E. Casey and John F. Fitzgerald, but ahead of Coakley.
[1] The following year he lost his bid for the United States House of Representatives seat in Massachusetts' 11th Congressional district.