Biography

06/15/1892 - 04/14/1957

Thomas E. Kilgallen (D43) Allegheny (Part) County 1937-1940

Early Life:            

Thomas E. Kilgallen, born June 15, 1892, son of Thomas and Rosanna Kilgallen; public school education; Saint Vincent’s College; Saint Mary’s College, Emmittsburg, Maryland; Duquesne Law School, Bachelor of Laws; practicing attorney before all local, state and federal bars; 2nd Lieutenant, field artillery, United Army, World War I, 1916-1918; solicitor, Board of Registration Commissioners, Pittsburgh; member, Labor’s Non-Partisan League; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1937-1940; president, Pittsburgh City Council, 1944, 1950; died,  April 14, 1957 (aged 64), interment, Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Solicitor, Board of Registration Commissioners, Pittsburgh; member, Labor’s Non-Partisan League.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 43rd district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1937- resigned, January 11, 1940. 

President, Pittsburgh City Council, 1944, 1950.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members K". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Thomas E Kilgallen (1892-1957) - Find a Grave Memorial