Henry Lee Jost was a Democratic

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 Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1912-1916 and a U.S. Congressman from March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925.

Jost was born in New York City

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. He stayed at the Five Points

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 Mission for Homeless Children and was sent westward on an orphan train

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 where he was adopted in Hopkins, Missouri

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 in Nodaway County, Missouri

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. He would be called the "orphan boy" mayor.

Jost graduated from the Kansas City Law School

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 in 1898 worked for the Jackson County, Missouri

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 prosecuting attorney’s office in 1909. He was backed by Democratic power boss Joe Shannon

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 with the "rabbits" faction.

In addition to his mayoral and Congressional duties he was also a lecturer on criminal law at the Kansas City School of Law.

Notable events during his tenure:

• Construction of Union Station
• Establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
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He retired in Belton, Missouri

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. He is buried at Moriali Cemetery.