Mayor Henry Lee Jost Sr., 32°
(Dec 66, 1873-Jul 13, 1950)
Member, Gate City Lodge #522

1909 - 32° Consistory of Western Missouri, Kansas City

Occupation: Kansas City Mayor, U.S. Congressman
Recommended: EF Allen, OP Bloss, EE Porterfield
Interred: Mt Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Brother Henry Jost was Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1912 to 1916. He served as a US Congressman elected to represent Missouri's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1925.

Jost was born in New York City. He stayed at the Five Points Mission for Homeless Children and was sent westward on an orphan train where he was adopted in Hopkins, Missouri in Nodaway County, Missouri. He would be called the "orphan boy" mayor.

Jost graduated from the Kansas City Law School in 1898 worked for the Jackson County, Missouri prosecuting attorney's office in 1909.

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

Notable events during his tenure:
- Construction of Union Station
- Establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Interred: Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, MO.