# Henry Gilmore

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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name   =Henry H. Gilmore
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| office              =[Mayor](/source/Mayor_of_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts) of [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts<ref name="Robertsp367"/> 
| term_start          =January 1889
| term_end            =January 1891 
| predecessor         =[William Russell](/source/William_Russell_(governor))
| successor           =[Alpheus B. Alger](/source/Alpheus_B._Alger)
| office2              =Member of the<br>[Massachusetts State Senate](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate)<br>Third Middlesex District<ref name="Robertsp367"/> 
| term_start2          = 
| term_end2            =  
| predecessor2         =  
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| office3              =Member of the<br>[Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts<br>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><br>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<br>[Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts<br>Common Council<ref name="Robertsp367"/><br>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<br>[Medford, Massachusetts](/source/Medford%2C_Massachusetts)<br>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         =  
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| office6             =Assessor of the Town of<ref name="HistofMedford1886p130"/><br>[Medford, Massachusetts](/source/Medford%2C_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](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| birth_date  =August 31, 1832<ref name="Robertsp366"/>  
| birth_place = [Warner, New Hampshire](/source/Warner%2C_New_Hampshire)<ref name="Robertsp366"/> 
| death_date  = December 24, 1891<ref name="Robertsp367"/>  
| death_place =[Pasadena, California](/source/Pasadena%2C_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](/source/Massachusetts) businessman and politician who served on the Board of Selectmen of the Town of [Medford, Massachusetts](/source/Medford%2C_Massachusetts), and as the [Mayor](/source/Mayor_of_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts) of The City of  [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts.

==Early life==
Gilmore was born in [Warner, New Hampshire](/source/Warner%2C_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](/source/Medford%2C_Massachusetts), and [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts.  In [Medford](/source/Medford%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts he was a member of the Board of Selectmen, Overseer of the Poor, Highway Surveyor and Assessor.<ref name="Robertsp366"/>  In [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts) he was a member of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen. Gilmore also represented [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts) and the Third Middlesex District in the [Massachusetts State Senate](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate).  In 1885 Gilmore was the [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) 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>

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{{succession box
| title=[Mayor](/source/Mayor_of_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts) of [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts), Massachusetts
| before= [William Russell](/source/William_Russell_(governor))
| years= January 1889 – January 1891
|after=[Alpheus B. Alger](/source/Alpheus_B._Alger)}}
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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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