John Adams Gilmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Adams Gilmer

American politician

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1805

Place of Birth: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 04-May-1868

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About John Adams Gilmer

  • John Adams Gilmer (November 4, 1805 – May 4, 1868) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina. Gilmer was born in Guilford County, North Carolina near Greensboro.
  • His parents were Robert Shaw Gilmer and Anne Forbes.
  • He was the brother of Confederate Maj.
  • Gen Jeremy Francis Gilmer.
  • Gilmer attended the public schools and an academy in Greensboro.
  • After receiving his education, he taught school.
  • He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1832 and began practice in Greensboro.
  • He later served as the Guilford County solicitor.
  • He was a member of the State senate from 1846 to 1856.
  • In 1856, Gilmer was the Whig candidate for Governor of North Carolina but was defeated.
  • He was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fifth Congress and reelected as a candidate of the Opposition Party to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861).
  • During the Thirty-sixth Congress, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Elections.
  • In January 1861, Abraham Lincoln considered him for a position in his incoming cabinet, and William H.
  • Seward sounded him out on the question, but Gilmer temporized until the matter was dropped.
  • After secession, Gilmer served as a member of the Second Confederate Congress in 1864.
  • He served as a delegate to the Union National Convention of Conservatives at Philadelphia in 1866.
  • Gilmer died in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is interred in the Old First Presbyterian Church Cemetery at the Greensboro Historical Museum.

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