Joseph A. Gilmore

Joseph Albree Gilmore (June 10, 1811 – April 7, 1867) was an American railroad superintendent from Concord, New Hampshire and the Governor of New Hampshire from 1863 to 1865.

Joseph Albree Gilmore
29th Governor of New Hampshire
In office June 3, 1863 – June 8, 1865
Preceded by	Nathaniel S. Berry
Succeeded by	Frederick Smyth
President of the New Hampshire Senate
In office 1859–1859
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
In office 1858-1860
Personal details
Born	June 10, 1811 Weston, Vermont
Died	April 7, 1867 (aged 55) Concord, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Ann Page Whipple
Children	11
Profession	Businessman Railroad executive

Biography

Joseph A. Gilmore was born in Weston, Vermont on June 10, 1811. He was educated in Vermont, and moved to Boston to learn the mercantile business. Gilmore then moved to Concord, New Hampshire, where he established a wholesale grocery business.

Gilmore became involved with the Concord and Claremont Railroad, serving first as a construction agent, and later as the railroad's general superintendent. He also served as superintendent of the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad and the Portsmouth and Concord Railroad.

Originally a Whig, Gilmore joined the Republican when it was founded in the mid-1850s. He served in the New Hampshire State Senate from 1858 to 1860, and was the Senate's President pro Tempore in 1859.[1]

Gilmore was elected Governor in 1863 and reelected in 1864, and served from June 3, 1863 to June 8, 1865. Serving during the American Civil War. Gilmore's term was consumed by support for the Union, including a loan to provide bonuses and supplemental salary payments to soldiers, and arranging for the transport of soldiers traveling to New Hampshire on furlough and returning to the front lines.

Death and burial

Gilmore died in 1867 in Concord, New Hampshire and is buried at the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Family

Gilmore was married to Ann Page Whipple, and they had eleven children.

Their daughter Ann was the first wife of Senator William E. Chandler.

Their son Joseph Henry Gilmore was a Newton Theological Seminary trained Baptist pastor, and wrote the words to the hymn "He Leadeth Me", inspired by the 23rd Psalm.

Notes

1. Jenks, George E. (1866), Political Journal for the State of The New Hampshire 1867, Concord, New Hampshire: McFarland and Jenks, p. 44.

External links

• Gilmore at New Hampshire's Division of Historic Resources
• Joseph A. Gilmore at Find a Grave
• Joseph Albree Gilmore at National Governors Association
• Joseph A. Gilmore at Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, Volume II (1909)
• Joseph Albree Gilmore at American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection (2013)