Post, Régis Henri

Regis Henri Post was born in 1870, attended Harvard University, and was a wealthy and prominent member of his community in Bayport (Long Island), New York.  He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1899 and served until 1900.  President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him Auditor of Puerto Rico in 1903, Secretary of Puerto Rico in 1904, and Governor of Puerto Rico from 1907-1909.  His tenure ended when Taft succeeded Roosevelt as President.

In November 1914 Post sailed to France with about twenty other men, including ten fellow Harvard alumni, to help France in the Great War.  In December 1914, Post began work at the Section for the Wounded of the American Hospital in Paris (Neuilly), the parent organization out of which the American Field Service was formed.  He held the rank of Section Commander in the Corps, was a member of the Hospital’s Ambulance Section Transportation Committee (as the first American member outside of the pre-war American community in Paris), and was also Adjutant of the Motor Corps with many administrative duties.  He later served with the American Red Cross in 1917.

Post married Carolyn Beatrice Post in 1895.  They divorced in 1922, and he later married Marguerite Post.  The couple lived in Nantucket.

Regis Henri Post passed away in 1944.