Governor Andrew E. Lee
Years in Office: 1897-1901
Birth: March 18, 1847; Bergen, Norway
Death: March 19, 1934; Vermillion, South Dakota

Populist Governor Lee was instrumental in getting the Initiative and Referendum passed. A major focus during his administration was eliminating inefficiency and mismanagement within State Government. A major issue during his administration was the organization and return of the state militia which served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Classification Number: 1/13/1
Accession Number: 82-240
Collection: Governor Andrew E. Lee
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Message to Secretary of State, 1897; Arbor Day Proclamation; and Address to Anti-Trust Conference in Chicago, 1900.
Shelf Location: Box 6B

Classification Number: 1/13/2
Accession Number: H74-193
Collection: Governor Andrew E. Lee
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Correspondence, 1896-1902.  This collection consists of both the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Governor Andrew E. Lee.  The incoming correspondence dates from 1896 to 1900 and relates to the following subjects: requests for appointments; lands for charitable and educational institutions; ordinance stores; South Dakota National Guard; state funds; costs of maintaining the insane; potential for war with Spain; Spanish-American War; State Militia; soldiers in the Philippines; and the Normal School in Aberdeen.  The collection also contains copybooks of outgoing correspondence relating to the following subjects: appointments; legislation; Trans-Mississippi Exposition; military; war with Spain; pardons; and politics.
Shelf Location: Boxes 3533A-3534B; Box 5195C; MD 64 Folder 13

Accession Number: 96-332
Collection: Governor, Inaugural Addresses
Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Inaugural Address of Governor Andrew E. Lee to the Fifth Legislative Assembly, Governor’s Message to the Sixth Legislative Assembly, Message of Governor Andrew E. Lee to the Seventh Legislative Session, 1897-1901.
Shelf Location: 7136A
            Accession Number: 2006-014
            Collection: Governor Andrew E. Lee
            Series Title & Inclusive Dates: Governor's addresses,  
            correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs from
            his term as Governor. Also includes personal papers,
            photographs and a scrapbook relating to
            Andrew and Myrtle Lee and Burl Anderson, 1895-1963.
            Shelf Location: 8844, MD 263 and FB 614

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