Edward Gilmore | |
State: | Massachusetts |
Term Start: | March 4, 1913 |
Term End: | March 3, 1915 |
Preceded: | Robert O. Harris |
Succeeded: | Richard Olney II |
Office6: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
Term6: | 1907-1908 |
Birth Date: | 4 January 1867 |
Birth Place: | Brockton, Massachusetts |
Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Restingplace: | Calvary Cemetery in Brockton, Massachusetts |
Alma Mater: | Massachusetts State University |
Occupation: | Merchant |
Edward Gilmore (January 4, 1867 - April 10, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools, and Massachusetts State University extension classes. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the Democratic State committee 1896 - 1903, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1900 and 1904. He served as president of the Brockton Board of Aldermen 1901 - 1906.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1907 and 1908. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915). He then served as postmaster of Brockton 1915 - 1923, city assessor in 1923 and 1924, and died in Boston on April 19, 1924.[1] His interment was in Calvary Cemetery in Brockton.