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  Kilgore, Harley M.
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NameHarley M. Kilgore
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Beckley, West Virginia , United States
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Born January 11, 1893
DiedFebruary 28, 1956 (63 years)
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Jun 16, 2015 06:23pm
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InfoSenator from West Virginia; born in Brown, Harrison County, W.Va., January 11, 1893; attended the public schools; graduated from the law department of West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1914 and was admitted to the bar the same year; taught school in Hancock, W.Va., in 1914 and 1915; organized the first high school in Raleigh County, W.Va., in 1915, serving as its principal for one year; commenced the practice of law in Beckley, W.Va., in 1916; during the First World War served in the Infantry from 1917, until discharged as a captain in 1920; organized the West Virginia National Guard in 1921 and retired as a colonel in 1953; judge of the criminal court of Raleigh County, W.Va., 1933-1940; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1940; reelected in 1946 and again in 1952, and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., February 28, 1956; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Eighty-fourth Congress); interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Va.


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  11/04/1952 WV US Senate Won 53.62% (+7.24%)
  07/01/1948 US President - D Primaries Lost 7.15% (-57.50%)
  11/05/1946 WV US Senate Won 50.33% (+0.65%)
  11/05/1940 WV US Senate Won 56.33% (+12.65%)
  05/14/1940 WV US Senate - D Primary Won 37.22% (+3.54%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Secretary of the Air Force - Feb 04, 1953 NPA Reject
Secretary of Defense - Jan 28, 1953 NPA Reject