Edward Gilmore

Edward Gilmore ( born January 4, 1867 in Brockton, Massachusetts, † April 10, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Gilmore attended the public schools of his home and then took some courses at the Massachusetts State University. Later he worked in the trade. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1896 and 1903 he sat in the State Board of his party; in the years 1900 and 1904, he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. From 1901 to 1906 Gilmore served as Chairman of the Municipal Council of Brockton. In the years 1907 and 1908 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Gilmore was in the 14th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert O. Harris on March 4, 1913. Until March 3, 1915, he was able to complete a term in Congress. In 1913 were the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution ratified.

From 1915 to 1923, Edward Gilmore postmaster in Brockton. He then worked until 1924 as an assessor in the local municipality. He died on April 10, 1924 in Boston and was buried in Brockton.

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