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Mike Lee
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United States Senator from Utah
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Joe Manchin
- Succeeded by
- Don Beyer
- Born
- Michael Shumway Lee , ( 1971-06-04 ) June 4, 1971 (age 55) , Mesa, Arizona , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Sharon Burr ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1993 )
- Parent
- Rex E. Lee (father)
- Relatives
- Udall-Hunt-Lee family
- Education
- Brigham Young University ( BA , JD )
- Website
- Senate website , Campaign website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mike
- Family name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mesa
- Father
- Rex E. Lee
- Sibling
- Thomas Rex Lee
- Position held
- United States senator
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Eagle Scout
- Official website
- www.lee.senate.gov
- Image
- Mike Lee official portrait 112th Congress.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- date of birth
- 1971-06-04
- name in native language
- Mike Lee
- Commons category
- Mike Lee
- Commons Creator page
- Mike Lee
- phone number
- +1-202-224-5444
- medical condition
- COVID-19
- social media followers
- 30100
- P10632
- Mike Lee
- nickname
- Mike
- different from
- Mike Leigh
- clerked for
- Samuel Alito
- birth name
- Michael Shumway Lee
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Shumway Lee (born June 4, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Utah, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Lee has been Utah's senior senator since 2019 and the dean of Utah's congressional delegation since 2021.
The son of U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee and brother of Utah Supreme Court justice Thomas Rex Lee, Lee began his career as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah before clerking for Samuel Alito, who was then a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. From 2002 to 2005, Lee was an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Utah. He joined the administration of Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr., serving as the general counsel in the governor's office from 2005 to 2006. Lee again clerked for Alito after he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mike Lee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.