Joseph Johnson Leeman was an English Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1883.

Leeman was the son of George Leeman

George Leeman

George Leeman was a lawyer, railwayman and a Liberal Member of Parliament for the City of York in the nineteenth century.-Legal practice:...

, previous MP for York, and his wife Jane Johnson daughter of Joseph Johnson of London. He was a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 for the West Riding of Yorkshire and the City of York.

At the 1880 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1880

-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

 Leeman was elected Member of Parliament

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 for York. He held the seat until his death aged 41 in 1883.

Leeman married Emily Maud Mary Smethurst daughter of Richard Smethurst of Ellerbeck Lancashire in 1879.

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