Theron R. Perlee or Per Lee, (1824–1894), lawyer, soldier, 49er, politician and judge in the territory and early state of California.
He studied law before he enlisted as a lieutenant in Company C of the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers that came to California during the Mexican–American War.
In February 1849, he was elected as the Justice of the Peace for San Francisco, his first political office.
Perlee, a Democrat, relocated to Santa Cruz so that he could represent his district more effectively.
He died March 20, 1894, in Togus, Kennebec County, Maine[8] and was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.