Edward Gilmore

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Edward Gilmore was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on January 4, 1867. He attended the public schools, and Massachusetts State University extension classes. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the Democratic State committee 1896-1903,and was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1900 and 1904. He served as president of the Brockton Board of Aldermen 1901-1906.

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1907 and 1908. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He then served as postmaster of Brockton 1915-1923, city assessor in 1923 and 1924, and died in Boston on April 10, 1924. His interment was in Calvary Cemetery in Brockton.

• Edward Gilmore at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Robert O. Harris

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 14th congressional district March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915

Succeeded by Richard Olney