Christopher J. Lee is a former Republican member of  the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served New York's 26th Congressional District.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee Lee served from January 2009 to February 2011.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee  He was only one of two Republican House members during his first term.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee He defeated Democrat Phil Fedele in 2010 to win a second term.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee Lee was a member of the House Financial Services Panel and the Ways and Means Committee.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee 

On February 9, 2011, Lee resigned his seat hours after the website Gawker posted pictures of him shirtless.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee He had sent the pictures to a woman he met on a Craigslist dating board. Lee is married to his wife Michele and has one son.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/us/politics/10lee.html 

Lee was born on April 1, 1964 in Kenmore, New York.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee He was raised in Tonawanda, New York and his father owned a manufacturing business that built machine components.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee Lee's father was also a GOP fundraiser and his sister was an aide to then Governor of New York George Pataki.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee 

He attended the University of Rochester and graduated in 1987.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee Lee then attended Chapman University and earned his Masters degree in 1997.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee 

Lee voted against the $787 billion economic stimulus package in February 2009 and the 2010 federal budget plan.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee He supported President Barack Obama's March 2009 executive order that lifted a ban on embryonic stem cell research.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee In 2009, he authored legislation into a FAA authorization bill that increased the minimum number of flight hours needed for commercial pilots.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Christopher_J._Lee