Biography

02/18/1780 - 05/11/1845

GILMORE, John, a Representative from Allegheny and Butler Counties; born, February 18, 1780 in Somerset County, Pa.; lawyer (1801-1845); appointed, Deputy District Attorney, Butler County (1803); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1809, 1814, 1815); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1812, 1813, 1817, 1821, 1823); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Federalist for the 1816-1817 term; reelected to the House for the 1818-1819, 1819-1820, 1820-1821 and 1822-1823 terms; elected, Speaker, 1820-1821; elected, trustee, Butler County Academy (1824-1825); elected, United States Congress (1829-1833); elected, Pennsylvania Treasurer (1841-1842); died, May 11, 1845 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; interred, North Cemetery, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.