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Post family of New York City, New York

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  Jotham Post, Jr. (1771-1817) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born near Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 4, 1771. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1793-97; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1813-15. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 15, 1817 (age 46 years, 41 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jotham Post (1740-1817); second great-grandfather of Regis Henri Post (1870-1944); third great-grandfather of Langdon Ward Post; third cousin twice removed of Erastus Foster Post.
  Political family: Post family of New York City, New York.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Erastus Foster Post (1859-1937) — also known as Erastus F. Post — of Quogue, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Quogue, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 3, 1859. Farmer; banker; member of New York state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1896-98. Died, from angina pectoris and liver cancer, on board a train near Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, N.C., March 30, 1937 (age 77 years, 270 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Oliver Post (1814-1895) and Harriet (Foster) Post (1824-1901); married, November 12, 1885, to Anna Grace Foster; third cousin twice removed of Jotham Post, Jr. (1771-1817).
  Political family: Post family of New York City, New York.
  Regis Henri Post (1870-1944) — also known as Regis H. Post — of Bayport, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 28, 1870. Progressive. Member of New York state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1899-1900; Puerto Rico auditor, 1903-04; Puerto Rico secretary of state, 1904-07; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1907-09; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1914. Died in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Mass., October 5, 1944 (age 74 years, 251 days). Interment somewhere in Sayville, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Kintzing Post (1843-1872) and Marie Caroline (de Trobriand) Post (born 1845); married, March 6, 1895, to Carolyn Beatrice Post (divorced 1922); married to Leila Ellis (died 1931); married, April 5, 1933, to Marguerite Denis de Legarde; uncle of Langdon Ward Post (1899-1981); second great-grandson of Jotham Post, Jr..
  Political family: Post family of New York City, New York.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Langdon Ward Post (1899-1981) — also known as Langdon W. Post — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., April 10, 1899. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1929-32; defeated, 1927 (Democratic), 1932 (Independent Citizen); Republican candidate for borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1933; U.S. Assistant Federal Relief Administrator, 1933; Chairman, New York City Housing Authority and Tenement House Commissioner, 1934-38; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1948. Died, of heart disease, in San Francisco, Calif., September 2, 1981 (age 82 years, 145 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Waldron Kintzing Post (1868-1955) and Mary Lawrence (Perkins) Post; married, November 12, 1927, to Janet Kirby (divorced 1939); married, May 29, 1940, to Margaret Solomon; nephew of Regis Henri Post (1870-1944); third great-grandson of Jotham Post, Jr..
  Political family: Post family of New York City, New York.
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