Elmer Kilroy

{{short description|Pennsylvania politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name= Elmer Kilroy |image= |caption= |order= 73rd |office= Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |term_start= 1941 |term_end= 1942 |predecessor= Ellwood J. Turner |successor= Ira T. Fiss |state_house5 = Pennsylvania |district5 = Philadelphia County |term_start5 = January 6, 1931 |term_end5 = November 30, 1942 |birth_date= {{birth date|1895|8|4}} |birth_place= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date= {{death date and age|1961|11|5|1895|8|4}} |death_place= |spouse= Cecelia Higgins |profession=salesman, professional baseball and football player |party= Democrat |age= }} '''Elmer John Kilroy''' (August 4, 1895 – November 5, 1961) was Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.<ref name='Speakers'>{{cite book | last1 = Schmedlen | first1 = Jeanne Hearn | title = Wisdom, Vision and Diplomacy:Speakers of the Pennsylvania House | edition = 2 | work = A Biographical History of the Speakers of the Provincial Assembly and the House of Representatives, 1682-2004 | publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives | year = 2004 | location = Harrisburg, PA | page =194| isbn =0-9667794-0-1|quote = Born 1893, Philadelphia, Died:Unknown. Member of the House, Philadelphia County 1932-1942. ,,, Kilroy was a salesman. He also was a professional baseball player for ten years, and played professional football. }}</ref>

==Biography== Kilroy was born ib August 4, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the House from 1931 thorough 1942.<ref name=bio/>

He grandauted from LaSalle College, and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1916 to 1917.<ref name=bio>{{cite news|title=Elmer Kilroy|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=1982&body=H|access-date=May 18, 2015|publisher=Pennsylvania House of Representatives}}</ref>

He died on November 5, 1961.

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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before= Ellwood Turner | title= Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | years=1941{{spaced ndash}}1942 | after= Ira Fiss }} {{s-ppo}} {{succession box | title=Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania | before= Leo Mundy | after=John Dent | years= 1942 (lost)}} {{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kilroy, Elmer}} Category:Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Category:Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Category:1895 births Category:1961 deaths Category:Politicians from Philadelphia Category:United States Marines Category:La Salle University alumni Category:20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly