Henry Lee Jost (December 6, 1873 – July 13, 1950) was a DemocraticMayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1912–1916 and a U.S Representative from March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925.
Biography
Jost was born on December 6, 1873, 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. He would be called the "orphan boy" mayor.[1]