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

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from

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from 1857 to 1861.

Early life and career

Born in

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, 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, United States. The population was 11,548 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the 2010 census, Yorktown ...

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

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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 American politicians 19th-century American judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana