Henry L. Jost

Henry L. Jost (1923)

Henry Lee Jost (born December 6, 1873 in New York City , †  July 13, 1950 in Kansas City , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1925 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Jost grew up as an orphan in New York. In 1881 he came to Hopkins , Missouri, where he attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1899, he began to work in Kansas City in this profession. In 1909 he was one of the city's legal advisors; from 1910 to 1912 he was deputy public prosecutor there.

Politically, Jost was a member of the Democratic Party . He was one of the supporters of Joe Shannon , who led one of two rival factions in Missouri. Shannon subsequently supported Jost's political path. Between 1912 and 1916, Jost was mayor of Kansas City, succeeding Darius A. Brown . From 1917 to 1936 he gave legal lectures at the Kansas City School of Law .

In the 1922 congressional election , Jost was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Republican Edgar C. Ellis on March 4, 1923 . Since he refused to run again in 1924, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1925 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Jost practiced law again. He also continued to work for the Kansas City School of Law until 1936 . He died in Kansas City on July 13, 1950.

Web links

• Henry L. Jost in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry L. Jost in the database of Find a Grave (English)