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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriHenry Lee JOST
(1873-1950)
JOST, Henry Lee, a
Representative from Missouri; born in New York City December 6,
1873; moved to Hopkins, Nodaway County, Mo., in 1881; attended the
common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1898;
afterward attended the Kansas City Law School in 1898 and 1899 and
commenced the practice of law in Kansas City, Mo., in 1899;
associate city counselor in 1909; first assistant prosecuting
attorney 1910-1912; mayor of Kansas City 1912-1916; lecturer on
criminal law at Kansas City School of Law 1917-1936; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3,
1925); was not a candidate for renomination in 1924; resumed law
practice in Kansas City, Mo., where he died July 13, 1950;
interment in Mount Moriali Cemetery, near Kansas City, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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