Background
Post, Melville Davisson was born on April 19, 1871 in Harrison Company, West Virginia, United States. Son of Ira Carper and Florence May (Davisson) Post.
Post, Melville Davisson was born on April 19, 1871 in Harrison Company, West Virginia, United States. Son of Ira Carper and Florence May (Davisson) Post.
Bachelor of Arts, West Virginia University, 1891, Bachelor of Laws, 1892.
Admitted to bar Supreme Court of West Virginia, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Presidential elector and secretary Electoral College, 1892. Member board regents of State Normal Schools. Chairman Democratic Congressional Committee for West Virginia, 1898.
Author: Uncle Abner, 1918.
The Mystery at the Blue Villa, 1919. The Sleuth of Saint James’s Square, 1920.
The Mountain School Teacher, 1922. Monsieur Jonquelle, 1923.
Walker of the Secret Service, 1925.
The Manitoba Hunters, 1926. The Revolt of the Birds, 1927, The Bradmoor Murder, 1929. The Garden in Asia.
Member advisory committee National Economics League on question of efficiency in administration of justice, 1914-1915.
Married Ann Bloomfield Gamble, June 29, 1903 (died 1919).