# Alfred Gilmore

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| name = Alfred Gilmore
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| state = [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania)
| district = [24th](/source/Pennsylvania's_24th_congressional_district)
| term_start = March 4, 1849
| term_end = March 3, 1853
| preceded = [Alexander Irvin](/source/Alexander_Irvin)
| succeeded = [Carlton B. Curtis](/source/Carlton_B._Curtis)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1812|06|09}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1890|6|29|1812|06|09}}
| birth_place = [Butler, Pennsylvania](/source/Butler%2C_Pennsylvania)
| death_place = [New York City, New York](/source/New_York_City)
| party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| alma_mater = [Washington College](/source/Washington_%26_Jefferson_College)
}}
'''Alfred Gilmore''' (June 9, 1812 – June 29, 1890) was a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) from [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania).

==Biography==
Alfred Gilmore (son of [John Gilmore](/source/John_Gilmore_(representative))) was born in [Butler, Pennsylvania](/source/Butler%2C_Pennsylvania).  He was graduated from [Washington College](/source/Washington_and_Jefferson_College) in [Washington, Pennsylvania](/source/Washington%2C_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](/source/31st_United_States_Congress) and [Thirty-second](/source/32nd_United_States_Congress) Congresses.  He was not a candidate for reelection in [1852](/source/United_States_House_election%2C_1852).  He resumed the practice of law in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), and later moved to [Lenox, Massachusetts](/source/Lenox%2C_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.

==Sources==
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*[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmore.html The Political Graveyard]

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| before=[Alexander Irvin](/source/Alexander_Irvin)
| after=[Carlton B. Curtis](/source/Carlton_B._Curtis)
| years=1849–1853
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