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The Lee–Hamblin family is a political family rooted in the American West. It is intertwined closely with the Udall family, and most, though not all the notable Lees are also Udall descendants. John D. Lee is also a direct descendant of Richard Lee II of the Lee family of Virginia. ^{[1][ failed verification]}

J. David Lee (1851–1922), a son of John D. Lee, had two wives. His notable descendants all come through his second wife Inez Hamblin, who was a daughter of Jacob Hamblin. Together they have the distinction of having four great-grandchildren as U.S. senators from four different U.S. states.

One exception was Ettie Lee of Los Angeles who was California Teacher of the year and U.S. Teacher of the year in the 60's and she donated $19 million to homes for delinquent boys on her death (Ettie Lee Homes). Her mother was Evaline Dorinda Clark.

Grandchildren:

Morris K. Udall, U.S. Representative for Arizona and 1976 U.S. presidential candidate

Stewart Udall, U.S. Representative for Arizona and U.S. Secretary of the Interior

Rex E. Lee, U.S. Solicitor General

Great-grandchildren:

Mike Lee, U.S. Senator for Utah

Thomas R. Lee, Associate Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court

Gordon H. Smith, U.S. Senator for Oregon

Mark Udall, U.S. Senator for Colorado

Tom Udall, U.S. Senator for New Mexico

Milan Smith, Jr., Federal Judge, U.S. 9th Circuit

References

• Some Descendants of John Doyle Lee Compiled by Lorraine (Richardson) Manderscheid, Published in 2000
• Politicalgraveyard.com "Udall family of Arizona" Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine