Henry Gilmore

Henry H. Gilmore (August 31, 1832 – December 24, 1891) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served on the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Medford, Massachusetts, and as the Mayor of The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Henry H. Gilmore
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office
January 1889 – January 1891
Preceded byWilliam Russell
Succeeded byAlpheus B. Alger
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Third Middlesex District[1]
Member of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[1][2]
Ward II[3]
In office
1880[2]–1881[2]
Member of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Common Council[1]
Ward II[4]
In office
1870[4]–1870[4]
Member of the
Medford, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen[1][5]
In office
1866[5]–1866[5]
Assessor of the Town of[6]
Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1862[6]–1862[6]
In office
1866[6]–1866[6]
Personal details
BornAugust 31, 1832[7]
Warner, New Hampshire[7]
DiedDecember 24, 1891[1]
Pasadena, California[1]
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSarah D. Todd[7]

Early life

Gilmore was born in Warner, New Hampshire, on August 31, 1832, to Mitchel and Czarina (Currier) Gilmore. He married Sarah D. Todd in Charlestown, Massachusetts on May 19, 1858.[7]

Public Offices

Gilmore served on various town and city offices in Medford, Massachusetts, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Medford, Massachusetts he was a member of the Board of Selectmen, Overseer of the Poor, Highway Surveyor and Assessor.[7] In Cambridge he was a member of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen. Gilmore also represented Cambridge and the Third Middlesex District in the Massachusetts State Senate. In 1885 Gilmore was the Democratic party nominee for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts[1]

Notes
  1. Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1901), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. Vol. IV - 1866-1888, Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, p. 367
  2. Cambridge City Council (1890), The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge City Council, p. 164
  3. Cambridge City Council (1881), Exercises in Celebrating the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of The Settlement of Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge City Council, p. 153
  4. Cambridge City Council (1890), The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge City Council, p. 163
  5. Brooks, Charles (1886), History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first Settlement in 1630 to 1855, Revised, Enlarged, and Brought Down to 1885 by James M. Usher, Boston, MA: Rand, Avery, & Company., p. 129
  6. Brooks, Charles (1886), History of the town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first Settlement in 1630 to 1855, Revised, Enlarged, and Brought Down to 1885 by James M. Usher, Boston, MA: Rand, Avery, & Company., p. 130
  7. Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1901), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. Vol. IV - 1866-1888, Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, p. 366


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