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Duff Post (born 1853 - died 19???) was twice elected mayor of Tampa, Florida. He was first elected mayor in August 14, 1883 and served until August 13, 1886 (three consecutive one-year terms). He was elected again to a second term on March 4, 1891 and served until March 4, 1892. Upon leaving office he returned to his dentistry practice.〔 Duff Post was the son of Tampa's 5th Mayor, Madison Post. Post worked as a dentist in Tampa and married Alberti Johnson on January 3, 1879. Post opened an ice cream parlor and restaurant in the Masonic Lodge Building in downtown Tampa on March 31, 1877, served as Tampa's City Marshal from 1881–1883, and was Captain in the 4th Regiment of the Florida Militia.〔 He was elected mayor in 1883 (only the second native of Tampa to hold the office). Post was involved in effort to bring rail service to Tampa and helped extend Henry Plant's Steamship Company contracts for service in Tampa.〔(Duff Post ) City of Tampa〕 ==Additional sources== *Covington, Dr. James W. and Wavering, Debbie Lee, "The Mayors of Tampa: A Brief Administrative History," Tampa, FL: University of Tampa, 1987. *Grismer, Karl H., Tampa: A History of the City and the Tampa Bay Region of Florida, St. Petersburg Printing Company, FL, 1950. *Robinson, Ernest L., History of Hillsborough County, Florida: Narrative and Biographical, The Record Company, St. Augustine, FL, 1928. *Tampa Council Minutes, City of Tampa Archives, Tampa 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duff Post」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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