Constantine B. Kilgore

Constantine Buckley Kilgore ( born February 20, 1835 in Newnan, Georgia, † September 23, 1897 in Ardmore, Oklahoma) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1887 and 1895 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1846, Constantine Kilgore came with his parents in the Rusk County, Texas, where he attended the public schools. During the Civil War he served as a staff officer in the army of the Confederacy. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in Rusk County in this profession. In 1869, he was there also Justice of the Peace. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1875, Kilgore was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Texas. Between 1884 and 1886 he was a member of the Senate of Texas, he served as its president since 1885.

In the congressional elections of 1886, Kilgore was in the third electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James H. Jones on March 4, 1887. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1895 four legislative sessions. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Kilgore was appointed by President Grover Cleveland to a federal judgeship for the southern part of the then Indian Territory. This office he held until his death on September 23, 1897 in Ardmore.