Walter A. Post
| Walter A. Post | |
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| Mayor of Newport, Virginia | |
| In office November 1896 – September 1, 1898 |
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| Preceded by | Allan A. Moss |
| Succeeded by | Allan A. Moss |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 7, 1857 Kingston, New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 12, 1912 |
Walter A. Post (died February 12, 1912) was the first mayor of Newport News, Virginia.[1]
He was born in Kingston, New York on the 7th of January, 1857, and studied as a civil engineer.[2]
He was sent to Newport News by his brother-in-law, Eugene White of Brooklyn, who had contracted with railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington to build a cargo terminal at the end of the newly built eastern terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway on the Virginia Peninsula, in 1880. [3]
When Newport News was chartered as an independent city in 1896, Post was chosen to serve as acting mayor until the city's first municipal elections could be held. On July 1 of that year, he was elected. Post chose to serve only one term as mayor, stepping down in 1898.
In 1911, he assumed the presidency of Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. He would hold that office until his death in 1912. The newspapers of the day attributed his death to "overwork", and heart failure.[2] His entire time in Newport News was spent serving as a kind of lieutenant for Huntington, who essentially built the city of Newport News to serve his railroad.[citation needed]
Post Street in the Hilton Village historic district in Newport News is named after Post.[citation needed]
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Mayor of Newport News 1896–1898 |
Succeeded by Allan A. Moss |
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