Samuel Louis Gilmore

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Samuel Louis Gilmore (born July 30, 1859 in New Orleans , Louisiana , †  July 18, 1910 in Abita Springs , Louisiana) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1910 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Gilmore was first raised privately and then attended the Central High School of New Orleans until 1874 . He then continued his education at Seton Hall College in New Jersey . After studying law at what is now Tulane University in New Orleans and having been admitted to the bar in 1880, he began to work in his new profession in New Orleans. Between 1888 and 1896, Gilmore was an assistant and from 1896 to 1909 actual city attorney for New Orleans.

Politically, Gilmore was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1908 he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver . Following the death of MP Robert C. Davey , Gilmore was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when the by-election was due for the second Louisiana MP . There he took his seat on March 30, 1909. However, he could no longer end the term of office of his predecessor that had already begun because he died on July 18, 1910. As a result, a by-election became necessary for the second time in this legislative period, which ended on March 3, 1911; this then won H. Garland Dupré .

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SURNAME Gilmore, Samuel Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1910
Place of death Abita Springs , Louisiana