# Russell L. Post Jr.
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'''Russell Lee "Rusty" Post Jr.''' (January 7, 1937 – November 14, 2015) was an American politician.
Post Jr. was born in New York City on January 7, 1937, to parents Emily Lord and Russell Lee Post Sr.[{{cite news |title=Russell Lee Post Jr. |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hartfordcourant/name/russell-post-obituary?id=15604257 |access-date=February 6, 2022 |work=Hartford Courant |date=December 1, 2015}}] After graduating from Groton, [Yale College](/source/Yale_College), and [Yale Law School](/source/Yale_Law_School),[{{cite news |title=Connecticut Journal |first1=Robert E. |last1=Tomasson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/20/archives/connecticut-weekly-connecticut-journal-redlight-turns-sheep-story.html |work=New York Times |date=May 20, 1979 |access-date=February 6, 2022}}] Post began practicing law at Shipman and Goodwin Law Firm in 1961, and was named a partner. After a decade, Post cofounded his own firm, with Laurence Pratt. As he practiced law, Post also served on the board of the Westledge School in [Simsbury](/source/Simsbury%2C_Connecticut).[{{cite news |last1=Madden |first1=Richard L. |title=Politics; FOR POST, LITTLE TIME FOR SITTING IN THE SUN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/07/nyregion/politics-for-post-little-time-for-sitting-in-the-sun.html |access-date=February 6, 2022 |work=New York Times |date=June 7, 1981}}] He sat on the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) from 1973 to 1979, as a legislator representing the [62nd House district](/source/Connecticut's_62nd_House_of_Representatives_district). Russell than won election to the [Connecticut Senate](/source/Connecticut_Senate) from the [8th Senate district](/source/Connecticut's_8th_State_Senate_district), serving until 1983. He did not run for reelection to the state senate, and instead launched a campaign committee to consider a bid for the [1982 Connecticut gubernatorial election](/source/1982_Connecticut_gubernatorial_election).[{{cite news |last1=Madden |first1=Richard L. |title=Politics; ROME IN NEW CAMPAIGN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/27/nyregion/politics-rome-in-new-campaign.html |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=New York Times |date=September 27, 1981}}] The [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) ticket was eventually formed by Post's immediate predecessor as senator, [Lewis Rome](/source/Lewis_Rome), and a legislative colleague of Post's, [Gerald Labriola](/source/Gerald_Labriola). In 1984, Post visited the Soviet Union as part of the Volga River Peace Cruise and was a drafter of the Volga Declaration.[{{cite news |title=Rusty Post {{!}} Passages |url=https://www.islandssounder.com/news/rusty-post-passages/ |access-date=February 6, 2022 |work=The Islands' Sounder |date=November 19, 2015}}] On, November 14, 2015, Post died of complications of Alzheimer's disease, aged 78, on Orcas Island.