James D. Post
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Biography
Born near Milledgeville, Ohio, Post attended the common schools and was graduated from the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, in 1882. He engaged in teaching for five years, after which he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice at Washington Court House, Ohio.
Congress
Post was elected as a Democrat 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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- 1863 births
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- Ohio lawyers
- National Normal University alumni
- People from Washington Court House, Ohio
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives