Legislator Details
Maurice E. Post
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Number of sessions served 8
Gender: Male
Age at election: 51
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 2/14/1881
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County: Kent County, MI
Country: US
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Marital Information:
married in 1903; one son & one daughter
Number of Children: 2
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Occupation: farmer
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Education:
attended local district schools and Rockford High School
Biographical Sketch:
Held office of township supervisor from 1919-1933, and was chairman of the Kent county board in 1930.
Notable Facts:
Farming included growing fruit & raising registered Jerseys.
One of those injured in the Kerns Hotel fire of 1934.
Died in 1958.
Sessions Served:
Sixty-Fourth Legislature,1947-1948
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, State Affairs , State Psychopathic Hospital, State Sanatorium , Towns and Counties , Village Corporations
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker, and the city of Rockford
Date Elected: 11/5/1946
Date Sworn In: 1/1/1947
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Towns and Counties
Sixty-Third Legislature, 1945-1946
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, Religious and Benevolent Societies , State Affairs , Towns and Counties
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker, and the city of Rockford
Date Elected: 11/7/1944
Date Sworn In: 1/3/1945
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on State Affairs
Sixty-Second Legislature, 1943-1944
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Religious and Benevolent Societies , State Affairs , Towns and Counties
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker, and the city of Rockford
Date Elected: 11/3/1942
Date Sworn In: 1/6/1942
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
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Sixty-First Legislature, 1941-1942
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Religious and Benevolent Societies , State Affairs , Towns and Counties
Postions Held: Speaker Pro Tempore
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker, and the city of Rockford
Date Elected: 11/5/1940
Date Sworn In: 1/1/1941
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on State Affairs
Sixtieth Legislature, 1939-1940
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Religious and Benevolent Societies , Revision & Amendment of the Constitution , State Affairs , Towns and Counties
Postions Held: Speaker Pro Tempore
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker, and the city of Rockford in Kent County
Date Elected: 11/8/1938
Date Sworn In: 1/4/1939
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on State Affairs
Fifty-Ninth Legislature, 1937-1938
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Apportionment , Michigan Home and Training School, Michigan Soldiers' Home
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker, and the city of Rockford in Kent County
Date Elected: 11/3/1936
Date Sworn In: 1/6/1937
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
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Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 1935-1936
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Apportionment , Boys' Vocational School, Kalamazoo State Hospital , Michigan Home and Training School
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker in Kent County
Date Elected: 11/6/1934
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1935
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on the Michigan Home and Training School
Injured in the Kerns Hotel fire 12/11/1934
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, 1933-1934
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Boys' Vocational School, Kalamazoo State Hospital , Towns and Counties
Postions Held:
City of Residence: Rockford
County of Residence Kent
District: Kent 3
District Description: Townships of Algoma, Alpine, Cannon, Courtland, Grattan, Nelson, Oakfield, Plainfield, Solon, Sparta, Spencer, Tyrone, and Walker
Date Elected: 11/8/1932
Date Sworn In: 1/4/1933
Date Left Office:
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Maritial Status: Married
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