John Gilmore
U.S. Congressperson
1780 – 1845
Who was John Gilmore?
John Gilmore was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Gilmore born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1780. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Washington. He moved to Butler, Pennsylvania, in 1803. He was appointed deputy district attorney for Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1803. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1816 to 1821 and served as speaker in 1821.
Gilmore was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses. He was elected State treasurer by the legislature of Pennsylvania in 1841. He died in Butler in 1845. Interment in North Cemetery.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1780
United States of America - Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 11, 1845
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on July 23, 2013
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