Politicians and Government Officials
- John Lee (by 1491-1542 or later), MP for Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Lee (by 1526-60 or later), MP for Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency) in 1554
- John Lee (died 1558), MP for Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Lee (MP for New Woodstock) (c.1535-c.1603), MP for New Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford (born 1942), former Minister and Conservative Member of Parliament for Pendle, 1979–1992
- John Lee (Attorney-General) (1733–1793), Attorney-General for England and Wales, 1783, British MP for Higham Ferrers and Clitheroe
- John Lee (1695–1761), British Member of Parliament for Newport and Malmesbury
- John Lee (British Labour politician) (born 1927), Labour Party Member of Parliament for Reading, 1966–1970
- John Lee (Maryland politician) (1788–1871), Maryland representative in the 18th United States Congress
- John Lee (Australian politician) (1885–1957), New South Wales state politician
- John Lee (New South Wales) (born 1964), Australian bureaucrat
- John A. Lee (1891–1982), New Zealand politician
- John C. Lee (1828–1891), American Republican politician; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1868–1872
- John Jay Lee (born 1955), Nevada politician
- John Lee Lee (1802–1874), British Member of Parliament for Wells, 1830–1837
- John Joseph Lee (born 1942), Irish historian, former senator and professor
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