Born near the town of Floyd, Virginia, Lester attended the common schools and the Jacksonville graded school at Floyd. He engaged in teaching in Floyd County, Virginia. Ordained a minister in the primitive or old-school Baptist Church in 1876. He became associate editor of Zion's Landmark, a church paper published at Wilson, North Carolina, in 1883, and editor in chief in 1920.
Lester was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892. He resumed his ministerial duties in Floyd, until 1921, when he moved to Roanoke, Virginia, and served as pastor of the Primitive Baptist Church until his death in that city on February 9, 1929. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
Electoral history
1888; Lester was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Republican John D. Blackwell.
1890; Lester was re-elected with 82.07% of the vote, defeating Independents S. C. Adams and J. Ring.
posey, lester, posey, green, lester, march, 1850, february, 1929, representative, from, virginia, member, house, representatives, from, virginia, districtin, office, march, 1889, march, 1893preceded, byjohn, brownsucceeded, byclaude, swansonpersonal, detailsbo. Posey Green Lester March 12 1850 February 9 1929 was a U S Representative from Virginia Posey G LesterMember of the U S House of Representatives from Virginia s 5th districtIn office March 4 1889 March 3 1893Preceded byJohn R BrownSucceeded byClaude A SwansonPersonal detailsBorn 1850 03 12 March 12 1850Floyd VirginiaDiedFebruary 9 1929 1929 02 09 aged 78 Roanoke VirginiaPolitical partyDemocraticProfessionMinister newspaper editorBiography EditBorn near the town of Floyd Virginia Lester attended the common schools and the Jacksonville graded school at Floyd He engaged in teaching in Floyd County Virginia Ordained a minister in the primitive or old school Baptist Church in 1876 He became associate editor of Zion s Landmark a church paper published at Wilson North Carolina in 1883 and editor in chief in 1920 Lester was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty first and Fifty second Congresses March 4 1889 March 3 1893 He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892 He resumed his ministerial duties in Floyd until 1921 when he moved to Roanoke Virginia and served as pastor of the Primitive Baptist Church until his death in that city on February 9 1929 He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery Electoral history Edit1888 Lester was elected to the U S House of Representatives with 52 5 of the vote defeating Republican John D Blackwell 1890 Lester was re elected with 82 07 of the vote defeating Independents S C Adams and J Ring Sources EditUnited States Congress Posey G Lester id L000254 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress U S House of RepresentativesPreceded byJohn R Brown Member of the U S House of Representatives from Virginia s 5th congressional district1889 1893 Succeeded byClaude A Swanson This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Posey G Lester amp oldid 1096521776, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
