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Samuel Louis Gilmore
Frontispiece of 1911's Samuel Louis Gilmore, Late a Representative from Louisiana
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office March 30, 1909 – July 18, 1910
Preceded by	Robert C. Davey
Succeeded by	H. Garland Dupré
Personal details
Born	(1859-07-30)July 30, 1859 New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	July 18, 1910(1910-07-18) (aged 50) Abita Springs, Louisiana
Resting place	Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
Political party	Democratic
Children	2, including Martha Gilmore Robinson

Samuel Louis Gilmore (July 30, 1859 – July 18, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Gilmore was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was instructed by private tutors, graduating from the Central High School of New Orleans in 1874, from Seton Hall College, South Orange, New Jersey, in 1877, and from the law department of the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University) at New Orleans in 1879. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in New Orleans, Louisiana. From 1888 to 1896, Gilmore served as assistant city attorney. He was city attorney from 1896 until March 15, 1909, when he resigned. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908.

Gilmore was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert C. Davey and served from March 30, 1909, until his death in Abita Springs, Louisiana, on July 18, 1910. He was interred in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.

His daughter, Martha Gilmore Robinson, was a women's rights and civic activist. His son, Samuel Louis Gilmore, Jr., was a poet and playwright, as well as an associate editor for The Double Dealer.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

1. "Martha Gilmore Robinson". KnowLA: Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
2. "Samuel Louis Gilmore, Jr. Collection Finding Aid" (PDF). Special Collections & Archives, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

• United States Congress. "Samuel L. Gilmore (id: G000223)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Samuel Louis Gilmore, Late a Representative from Louisiana. 1911.

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana
1st district	E. Livingston White H. Johnson White Slidell La Sére St. Martin Dunbar Eustis Bouligny Sypher Lawrence Gibson Hunt St. Martin Wilkinson Meyer Estopinal O'Connor Fernández Hébert Tonry B. Livingston Vitter Jindal Scalise
2nd district	Gurley Thomas Ripley Chinn Dawson la Branche Thibodeaux Conrad Bullard J. A. Landry Hunt Taylor Mann Sheldon Ellis Hahn Wallace Lagan Coleman Lagan Davey Buck Davey Gilmore Dupré Spearing Maloney H. Boggs Maloney H. Boggs L. Boggs Jefferson Cao Richmond Carter
3rd district	Brent Overton Bullard Garland J. Moore Dawson Harmanson Penn Perkins Davidson Newsham Darrall Acklen Darrall Kellogg Gay Price Broussard Martin Montet Mouton Domengeaux Willis Caffery Treen Tauzin Melançon J. M. Landry Boustany Higgins
4th district	Bossier Morse J. Moore Jones Sandidge Landrum Vidal Newsham McCleery Boarman Smith Levy Elam Blanchard Ogden Breazeale Watkins Sandlin Brooks Waggonner Leach Roemer McCrery Fields McCrery Fleming M. Johnson
5th district	Blackburn Morey Spencer Leonard Young King Newton Boatner Baird Ransdell Elder Wilson Mills McKenzie Passman Huckaby McCrery Cooksey Alexander McAllister Abraham Letlow
6th district	Nash E. Robertson Lewis Irion E. Robertson S. Robertson Favrot Wickliffe Morgan Sanders Sr. Favrot Kemp Sanders Jr. Griffith Sanders Jr. Morrison Rarick H. Moore Baker Cazayoux Cassidy Graves Fields
7th district	Pujo Lazaro De Rouen Plauché Larcade Thompson Edwards Breaux Hayes John Boustany
8th district	Aswell Overton Dear Allen G. S. "Doc" Long McSween G. W. Long S. Long G. W. Long C. Long Holloway
At-large	Robertson Butler Johnston Sheridan
Territory	Clark Poydras

• 1859 births
• 1910 deaths
• Seton Hall University alumni
• Tulane University Law School alumni
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana
• 19th-century American legislators
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives