Alfred Gilmore

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Alfred Gilmore (June 9, 1812—September 15, 1858) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Alfred Gilmore (son of John Gilmore) was born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1833. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Butler.

Gilmore was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1852. He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, and later moved to Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1866, and continued the practice of his profession. He died while on a visit in New York City in 1890. Interment in Lenox Cemetery in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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• Alfred Gilmore at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Alexander Irvin

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1849 - 1853

Succeeded by John Dick