Theron R. Perlee or Per Lee, (1824–1894), lawyer, soldier, 49er, politician and judge in the territory and early state of California. Theron R. Perlee was born in Chenango County, New York. He studied law before he enlisted as a lieutenant in Company C of the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers that came to California during the Mexican–American War. While there he commanded the removal of the garrison of Sutters Fort to San Francisco. After the Regiment was disbanded, he set up a law practice in San Francisco. In February 1849, he was elected as the Justice of the Peace for San Francisco, his first political office. Perlee also edited The Placer Times from June 19, 1849 to August 25, 1849. He resigned so that he could run for the territorial assembly as its representative from Monterey in