Daniel Kilgore

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Daniel Kilgore (1793 – December 12, 1851) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born at Kings Creek, Virginia (now West Virginia), Kilgore received a liberal schooling. He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, and served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1828-32.

Kilgore was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Humphrey H. Leavitt. Kilgore was again elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was reelected, this time as a Democrat, to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He subsequently served from December 1, 1834, until July 4, 1838, when he resigned from politics.

He died in New York City on December 12, 1851.

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• Daniel Kilgore at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress