Regis Henri Post was a New York

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 politician and Governor of Puerto Rico

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 from 1907 to 1909.

He was a New York State Assembly

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man from 1899 to 1900, representing Bayport, New York

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. He was appointed auditor of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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 in 1903, Secretary of Puerto Rico in 1904, and then Governor in 1907 by appointment of President Theodore Roosevelt

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. Post served as Governor from April 18, 1907 to November 5, 1909. His governorship was extremely controversial, as his frequent disagreements with the Puerto Rico Legislature

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 led to the Legislature's failure to pass any budget in 1909, resulting in a political crisis on the island and passage of the Olmsted Amendment

Olmsted Amendment

The Olmsted Amendment was a modification to the Foraker Act of 1900, and became law on July 16, 1909. The law was designed to modify several perceived weaknesses in Puerto Rico's government at the request of President William Howard Taft and Governor Regis Henri Post.It was the Foraker Act that...

 at the request of President

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 William Howard Taft

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.

Following Post's time in Puerto Rico, he worked with the American Ambulance Corps in France

France

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 from 1913 to 1914. He subsequently joined the American Red Cross

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 in 1917.

He married Carolyn Beatrice Post, daughter of Colonel Henry A V Post

Henry A V Post

Henry Albertson Van Zo Post was an American engineer, American Civil War army officer, manufacturer and banker.Post was born in New York, NY and educated at to M. Churchill's Military School, at Sing Sing, New York...

 on March 6, 1895.
In 1916, Post was discovered by his wife having an affair and they separated. She filed for divorce in 1922.