David Kilgore

David Kilgore (April 3, 1804 January 22, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Rep. David Kilgore, 1859.

Born in Harrison County, Kentucky, Kilgore moved with his father to Franklin County, Indiana, in 1819. As a child, he attended common schools and went on to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Yorktown, Indiana. Kilgore served as member of the State House of Representatives in 1833-1836, 1838, 1839, and 1855, and served as speaker in 1855. He served as president judge of the Yorktown circuit 18391846. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850. Kilgore was also one of the pall bearers for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in Indianapolis.

Kilgore was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 March 3, 1861). He served as delegate to the Union National Convention which met in Philadelphia August 14, 1866. He died near Yorktown, Indiana on January 22, 1879, and interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery there. David Kilgore was a great-grandfather of Bernard (Barney) Kilgore, editor and publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

References

  • United States Congress. "David Kilgore (id: K000175)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
David P. Holloway
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 5th congressional district

1857–1861
Succeeded by
George W. Julian
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