sentences:  He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1823, and as alderman from 1828 to 1830.He was Mayor of New York from 1833 to 1834, but declined to be a candidate for reelection.Lee was elected as a Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Campbell P. White and served from November 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837.