James Douglass Post (November 25, 1863 – April 1, 1921) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served for two terms as a

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from

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from 1911 to 1915.

Biography

Born near

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, Post attended the common schools and was graduated from the

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, in 1882. He engaged in teaching for five years, after which he studied law and was

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in 1887 and commenced practice at

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Congress

Post was elected as a

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to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1 during the Sixty-third Congress, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law at Washington Court House, and died there April 1, 1921, after which he was interred in Washington Cemetery.

Sources

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