Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee (1756–1818) was born to a well-established Virginia family and graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1773. During the American Revolution, he served as a cavalry officer, eventually being promoted to lieutenant colonel and commanding a mixed corps of cavalry and infantry known as Lee’s Legion. In 1786, he was elected to represent Virginia in the Continental Congress, and from 1791–94 served as the governor of Virginia. In a famous eulogy in 1799, Lee said of George Washington that he was “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”