Daniel Kilgore (politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Daniel Kilgore

|image=

|state=Ohio

|district={{ushr|Ohio|19|19th}}

|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 Simpsonuncle of Matthew Simpson, the Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop

|succeeded2=Joseph Holmes

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|birth_date={{birth date|1794|5|24}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1851|12|12|1794|5|24}}

|birth_place=Kings Creek, Virginia (now West Virginia)

|death_place=New York City, New York

|restingplace=

|spouse={{plainlist |

Mary Pritchard
Ellen Downey

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|children=Ten

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Daniel Kilgore (May 24, 1794{{spnd}}December 12, 1851) was an American politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1834 to 1838.

Biography

Born at Kings Creek, Virginia (now West Virginia), Kilgore received a liberal schooling.

= Early political career =

He moved to Cadiz, Ohio, and served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1828 to 1832.

= Congress =

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.

= Later career and death =

Kilgore moved to Steubenville, Ohio in 1850, and was elected president of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad.

He died while visiting New York City{{cite journal |journal=Traveler's Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada |date=May 1882 |author=The National Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents |page=LV |title=in memoriam, Daniel Kilgore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zt8sAQAAMAAJ&q=daniel+kilgore&pg=PR55 }} on December 12, 1851.