Joshua Lee (New York politician)

Joshua Lee (1783 – December 29, 1842) was an American physician and War of 1812 veteran who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1835 to 1837.

Born in Hudson in 1783, he studied medicine and was licensed to practice in 1804.

Daniel D. Tompkins as surgeon of Colonel Avery Smith's regiment of Infantry and served in that capacity during the War of 1812.

He was town supervisor of Benton in 1815 and was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1817 and again in 1833.

He died in Penn Yan, New York in 1842 and was interred in Lake View Cemetery.