Daniel Kilgore | |
State: | Ohio |
Term Start: | December 1, 1834 |
Term End: | July 4, 1838 |
Preceded: | Humphrey H. Leavitt |
Succeeded: | Henry Swearingen |
State Senate2: | Ohio |
District2: | Harrison County |
Term Start2: | December 1, 1828 |
Term End2: | December 2, 1832 |
Preceded2: | Matthew Simpson[1] |
Succeeded2: | Joseph Holmes |
Party: | |
Birth Date: | 24 May 1794 |
Birth Place: | Kings Creek, Virginia (now West Virginia) |
Death Place: | New York City, New York |
Spouse: |
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Children: | Ten |
Daniel Kilgore (May 24, 1794December 12, 1851) was an American politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1834 to 1838.
Born at Kings Creek, Virginia (now West Virginia), Kilgore received a liberal schooling.
He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, and served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1828 to 1832.
Kilgore was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Humphrey H. Leavitt. Kilgore was again elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was reelected, this time as a Democrat, to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He subsequently served from December 1, 1834, until July 4, 1838, when he resigned from politics.
Kilgore moved to Steubenville, Ohio in 1850, and was elected president of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad.
He died while visiting New York City[2] on December 12, 1851.