Ezell Lee

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ezell Lee

| state_senate = Mississippi State

| district = 47th

| term_start = January 7, 1992

| term_end = January 3, 2012

| predecessor = Margaret Tate

| successor = Tony Smith

| state_house1 = Mississippi

| district1 = 108th

| term_start1 = January 5, 1988

| term_end1 = January 7, 1992

| predecessor1 = Margaret Tate

| successor1 = Larry Watkins

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|4|9}}{{Cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/test/webfeeds/obits/former-state-lawmaker-ezell-lee-dies-at/article_13918fa5-1cad-569b-8741-f6a6798f3780.html|title=Former state lawmaker Ezell Lee dies at 79|date=21 May 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mcdonaldfh.com/sitemaker/sites/McDONA3/obit.cgi?user=637890Lee |title=In Memory of Ezell G. Lee |access-date=2012-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128120532/http://www.mcdonaldfh.com/sitemaker/sites/McDONA3/obit.cgi?user=637890Lee |archive-date=2013-01-28 }}

| birth_place = Hancock County, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|21|1933|4|9}}

| death_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

| party = Republican (from 2011)
Democratic (until 2011)

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|William Carey College|University of Southern Mississippi}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|educator}}

}}

Ezell G. Lee (April 9, 1933 – May 21, 2012) was a member of the Mississippi Senate who represented the 47th district from 1992 to 2012. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1988 through 1992 as a member of the Democratic Party.

Lee switched parties on February 17, 2011 to become a Republican and lost the August Republican primary to Tony Smith.{{cite web|url=http://majorityinms.com/2011/02/17/sen-ezell-lee-qualifies-as-a-republican|title=Sen. Ezell Lee Qualifies As A Republican|author=Brett Kittredge|date=April 17, 2011|location=majorityinms.com|accessdate=April 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221085113/http://majorityinms.com/2011/02/17/sen-ezell-lee-qualifies-as-a-republican/|archivedate=February 21, 2011}} He died of cancer in 2012.{{cite web |url= http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120521/NEWS/120521017/Former-state-lawmaker-Ezell-Lee-dies-74?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome |title= Former Mississippi lawmaker Ezell Lee dies at 74 |date= May 21, 2012 |work= The Clarion-Ledger |location= Jackson, Mississippi |accessdate= May 21, 2012}}