Francis Lightfoot Lee was an American politician. He was born in 1734 and died in 1797. A brother of R H Lee and Arthur Lee, he was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1765 to 1772. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1779. He signed the American Declaration of Independence, and aided in drafting the American Articles of Confederation. Research Francis Lightfoot Lee