# Elmer Kilroy

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{{short description|Pennsylvania politician}}
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{{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](/source/Ellwood_J._Turner)
|successor= [Ira T. Fiss](/source/Ira_T._Fiss)
|state_house5   = Pennsylvania
|district5      = [Philadelphia County](/source/Philadelphia_County%2C_Pennsylvania)
|term_start5    = January 6, 1931
|term_end5      = November 30, 1942
|birth_date= {{birth date|1895|8|4}}
|birth_place= [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_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](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
|age=
}}
'''Elmer John Kilroy''' (August 4, 1895 – November 5, 1961) was Speaker of the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/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](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), and served in the House from 1931 thorough 1942.<ref name=bio/>

He grandauted from [LaSalle College](/source/La_Salle_University), 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.

==See also==
* [Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Speaker_of_the_Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=135272 Profile at Our Campaigns]

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{{succession box | title=[Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania) | before= [Leo Mundy](/source/Leo_C._Mundy) | after=[John Dent](/source/John_Herman_Dent) | years= 1942 (lost)}}
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