George W. Lee (New Jersey)
George W. Lee is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as Acting Secretary of State of New Jersey in 1977.Biography
He was born on February 26, 1931 in Pennsylvania.
Lee, who had also served as Burlington County, New Jersey Democratic chairman, pleaded guilty to breaking election laws during Governor of New Jersey Brendan Byrne's 1977 re-election campaign. Lee, a resident of Cinnaminson Township, had been charged with one count each of laundering contributions to Mr. Byrne's re-election bid and collecting $7,500 in unreported contributions.
The plea was announced by James R. Zazzali, the New Jersey Attorney General and was entered in New Jersey Superior Court on the first scheduled day of Lee's. The trial was before Judge C. Judson Hamlin and it was heard on March 18, 1980 as a state grand jury indictment.
Edwin H. Stier, director of the Division of Criminal Justice, said the investigation was continuing into contributions to the campaign.
He died on July 13, 2007 in Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey.
