Duff Post

Duff Post (May 19, 1854 – May 19, 1915) Duff Post was born on May 19, 1854 in Tampa, Florida. He was the son of the 5th mayor of Tampa, Madison Post. Post would attend local schools before going onto study at the Philadelphia Dental College to obtain a dentistry degree.[1]

Duff Post
President of the Hillsborough County Board of Health
Tampa City Marshall
In office 1881–1883
20th & 26th Mayor of Tampa
In office August 14, 1883 – August 13, 1886
In office March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1892
Personal details
Born	May 19, 1854 Tampa, Florida
Died	May 19, 1915 Tampa, Florida
Political party	Democratic
Occupation	Dentist, businessman

Post would establish his dentistry practice in Tampa once graduating from college. From there he'd first get involved with local politics and business. He would marry Alberti Johnson in Tampa on January 3, 1879. Post's first political office he would hold would be the President of the Hillsborough County Board of Health in 1873. He opened an ice cream parlor and restaurant in the Masonic Lodge Building in downtown Tampa on March 31, 1877. He would serve as Tampa's City Marshal from 1881 to 1883, and was Captain in the 4th Regiment of the Florida Militia.[1]

He was first elected mayor on August 14, 1883 and served until August 13, 1886 (three consecutive one-year terms). Duff would be the second native of Tampa to hold that office. 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.[2] Post was involved in effort to bring rail service to Tampa and helped extend Henry Plant's Steamship Company contracts for service in Tampa.[2] As mayor, he would prioritize much of his overall work towards improving the city's sanitation.[1]

Post would die in Tampa on May 19, 1915.[1]

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

References

1. "Dr. Duff Post – 20th And 26th Mayor Of Tampa". City of Tampa. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
2. Duff Post Archived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine City of Tampa