Henry Gilmore

{{Infobox officeholder | name =Henry H. Gilmore | image = | image_size = | caption = | office =Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts<ref name="Robertsp367"/> | term_start =January 1889 | term_end =January 1891 | predecessor =William Russell | successor =Alpheus B. Alger | office2 =Member of the Massachusetts State Senate Third Middlesex District<ref name="Robertsp367"/> | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 =Member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen<ref name="Robertsp367"/><ref name="CamCityCounp164">{{Citation | last= Cambridge City Council| title=The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge| page = 164 | publisher = Cambridge City Council | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1890}}</ref> Ward II<ref name="CamTwofiftycelebp153">{{Citation | last= Cambridge City Council| title=Exercises in Celebrating the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of The Settlement of Cambridge| page = 153 | publisher = Cambridge City Council | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1881}}</ref> | term_start3 =1880<ref name="CamCityCounp164"/> | term_end3 =1881<ref name="CamCityCounp164"/> | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 =Member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Common Council<ref name="Robertsp367"/> Ward II<ref name="CamCityCounp163">{{Citation | last= Cambridge City Council| title=The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge| page = 163 | publisher = Cambridge City Council | location = Cambridge, Massachusetts | year = 1890}}</ref> | term_start4 =1870<ref name="CamCityCounp163"/> | term_end4 =1870<ref name="CamCityCounp163"/> | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | office5 =Member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen<ref name="Robertsp367"/><ref name="HistofMedford1886p129"/> | term_start5 =1866<ref name="HistofMedford1886p129">{{Citation | last= Brooks|first=Charles | title=History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first Settlement in 1630 to 1855, Revised, Enlarged, and Brought Down to 1885 by James M. Usher| page = 129 | publisher = Rand, Avery, & Company. | location = Boston, MA | year = 1886}}</ref> | term_end5 =1866<ref name="HistofMedford1886p129"/> | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | office6 =Assessor of the Town of<ref name="HistofMedford1886p130"/> Medford, Massachusetts | term_start6 =1862<ref name="HistofMedford1886p130">{{Citation | last= Brooks|first=Charles | title=History of the town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first Settlement in 1630 to 1855, Revised, Enlarged, and Brought Down to 1885 by James M. Usher| page = 130 | publisher = Rand, Avery, & Company. | location = Boston, MA | year = 1886}}</ref> | term_end6 =1862<ref name="HistofMedford1886p130"/> | term_start7 =1866<ref name="HistofMedford1886p130"/> | term_end7 =1866<ref name="HistofMedford1886p130"/> | predecessor6 = | successor6 = |party=Democratic | birth_date =August 31, 1832<ref name="Robertsp366"/> | birth_place = Warner, New Hampshire<ref name="Robertsp366"/> | death_date = December 24, 1891<ref name="Robertsp367"/> | death_place =Pasadena, California<ref name="Robertsp367"/> | occupation = | spouse =Sarah D. Todd<ref name="Robertsp366"/> | children = }}

'''Henry H. Gilmore''' (August 31, 1832 – December 24, 1891) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served on the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Medford, Massachusetts, and as the Mayor of The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

==Early life== Gilmore was born in Warner, New Hampshire, on August 31, 1832, to Mitchel and Czarina (Currier) Gilmore. He married Sarah D. Todd in Charlestown, Massachusetts on May 19, 1858.<ref name="Robertsp366">{{Citation | last= Roberts|first=Oliver Ayer| title=History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. Vol. IV - 1866-1888| page = 366 | publisher = Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers | location = Boston, MA | year = 1901}}</ref>

==Public Offices== Gilmore served on various town and city offices in Medford, Massachusetts, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Medford, Massachusetts he was a member of the Board of Selectmen, Overseer of the Poor, Highway Surveyor and Assessor.<ref name="Robertsp366"/> In Cambridge he was a member of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen. Gilmore also represented Cambridge and the Third Middlesex District in the Massachusetts State Senate. In 1885 Gilmore was the Democratic party nominee for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts<ref name="Robertsp367">{{Citation | last= Roberts|first=Oliver Ayer| title=History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. Vol. IV - 1866-1888| page = 367 | publisher = Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers | location = Boston, MA | year = 1901}}</ref>

==Notes== <references/> {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | before= William Russell | years= January 1889 – January 1891 |after=Alpheus B. Alger}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmore, Henry}} Category:Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts Category:Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council members Category:Massachusetts state senators Category:1832 births Category:1891 deaths Category:People from Warner, New Hampshire Category:19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court Category:Massachusetts select board members

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