Biography

08/21/1874 - 05/07/1959

POST, John Lindley, a Representative from Washington County; born, August 21, 1874 in Pottawattomie County, Ks.; graduated, State Normal School, Warrensburg, Mo., 1892; engaged in real estate (2 years); teacher (10 years); farmer and stockraiser (15 years); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1910); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1912 and 1922; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1914, 1924); elected, controller, Washington County; elected, treasurer, Washington County; chief probation officer, Juvenile Court, Washington County (7 years); died, May 7, 1959 in Taylorstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Claysville Cemetery, Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania.