Henry Lee Jost

Background

Jost, Henry Lee was born on December 6, 1873 in New York, United States. Son of Simeon and Lena (Bahr) Jost.

Education

Left an orphan in infancy. Sent West from Mission House at Five Points, New York, and reared in Nodaway County, Missouri. Education common schools.

Studied law in office of South. East. Brown, Hopkins, Missouri.

Student Kansas City Law School, 1898-1899.

Career

Bar, 1898; practiced Kansas City, Missoury, since 1899. 1st assistant city counselor, resigned to become 1st assistant prosecuting attorney, 1909-1912. Mayor Kansas City, 1912-1916.

Associate in practice with Frank Hagerman, 1916-1920.

Member Hagerman and Jost, 1921-1923. Lecturer on criminal law Kansas City School Law, 1917-1936.

Achievements

• Henry Lee Jost has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Hagerman and Jost, 1921-1923. Lecturer on criminal law Kansas City School Law, 1917-1936. Member 68th Congress, 5th District Missouri.

Mason (32°).

Club: Kansas City.

Connections

Married Alice Hanks, August 1911. Children: Mary East., Henry L.