David Kilgore (April 3, 1804 – January 22, 1879) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served two terms as a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

from

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from 1857 to 1861.

Early life and career

Born in

Harrison County, Kentucky Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,692. Its county seat is Cynthiana. The county was founded in 1793 and named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an advocate for Kentuc ...

, Kilgore moved with his father to

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, in 1819. As a child, he attended common schools and went on to study law. He was

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in 1830 and commenced practice in

Yorktown, Indiana Yorktown is a town in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana, Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana, Delaware County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,548 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muncie, Indiana M ...

Political career

Kilgore served as member of the State House of Representatives in 1833–1836, 1838, 1839, and 1855, and served as speaker in 1855. He served as president judge of the Yorktown circuit 1839–1846. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850. Kilgore was also one of the pall bearers for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in Indianapolis.

Congress

Kilgore was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861).

Later political activity

He served as delegate to the Union National Convention which met in Philadelphia August 14, 1866.

Death

He died near

on January 22, 1879, and interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery there. David Kilgore was a great-grandfather of Bernard (Barney) Kilgore, editor and publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilgore, David 1804 births 1879 deaths Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives Indiana state court judges People from Harrison County, Kentucky People from Yorktown, Indiana 19th-century Indiana state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 19th-century Indiana politicians 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives