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    Thomas Walker Gilmer (April 6, 1802 – February 28, 1844) was an American statesman. He served in several political positions in Virginia, including election...
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  • Thomas Gilmer may refer to: Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–1844), American statesman Thomas Lewis Gilmer (1849–1931), American oral surgeon This disambiguation...
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    the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer. Gilmer was launched 24 May 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmer Miles, Secretary...
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    in 1846, the city's namesake is former Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer. Gilmer is located on the Old Cherokee Trace, a trail used by the Cherokee...
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    Lewis and Kanawha Counties, and named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, Governor of Virginia from 1840 to 1841. Gilmer was later a representative in the United...
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    including Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer, and injuring others, including a United States Senator and Captain...
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    hardball" to see it through. As a trial balloon he dispatched his ally Thomas Walker Gilmer, then a U.S. Representative from Virginia, to publish a letter defending...
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  • Governor Gilmer may refer to: George Rockingham Gilmer (1790–1859), 34th Governor of Georgia Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–1844), 28th Governor of Virginia...
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  • United States Navy have been named USS Gilmer after the 19th-century American statesman Thomas Walker Gilmer: USS Gilmer (DD-233) was a Clemson-class destroyer...
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  • American politician and brother of Jeremy Gilmer Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–1844), American statesman William Gilmer (1863–1955), American Naval officer and...
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    Thomas Walker Gilmer won the election in the Virginia General Assembly as he ran unopposed. On election day, 1 March 1840, Whig nominee Thomas Walker...
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  • Association. Retrieved July 17, 2023. Sobel 1978, pp. 1638–1639. "Thomas Walker Gilmer". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 17, 2023. Sobel...
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  • Gilmer was the great-grandfather of both George Rockingham Gilmer of Georgia and Thomas Walker Gilmer of Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg Men of Mark in Georgia...
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  • postilion for the landau carriage. After 1826, Gillette was sold to Thomas Walker Gilmer as part of the sale of 130 slaves from Monticello following Jefferson's...
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    Upshur County, Texas (interestingly, the county seat - Gilmer - is named for Thomas Walker Gilmer, another victim of the USS Princeton explosion) Mount...
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    being fired. While Secretaries of State and Navy Abel P. Upshur and Thomas Walker Gilmer, Tyler's future father-in-law David Gardiner and three others were...
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    Hamilton Campbell 1837 1840 David Campbell 27 Anne Baker Gilmer 1840 1841 Thomas Walker Gilmer 28 Susanna Smith Preston McDowell 1843 1846 James McDowell...
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    wholeheartedly pursue Texas. As a trial balloon, he dispatched his ally Thomas Walker Gilmer, then a congressman from Virginia, to publish a letter defending...
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    March 26, 1844 – March 4, 1845 President John Tyler Preceded by Thomas Walker Gilmer Succeeded by George Bancroft 18th United States Attorney General...
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    General 39,072 664 sq mi (1,720 km2) Gilmer County 021 Glenville 1845 Kanawha and Lewis counties Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–44) United States Secretary of...
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    extending over two miles long. Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of State, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy, Commodore Beverly Kennon, Chief of the Bureau...
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    1844, Secretary of State Abel Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer, as well as three other victims of the 1844 gun explosion disaster...
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    killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer, as well as six others. Stockton attempted to deflect the blame onto...
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    the state Executive Council from 1839 to 1841. In 1841 Governor Thomas Walker Gilmer resigned to accept election to a seat in the United States House...
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  • College of William & Mary and studied under his brother-in-law Dr. George Gilmer. Walker married Mildred Thornton (widow of Nicholas Meriwether) in 1741, and...
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    Princeton, Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer, Commodore Beverly Kennon, and President John Tyler's prospective...
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  • American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (died 1913) December 8 – Thomas R. Bard, U.S. Senator from California from 1900 to 1905 (died 1915) Jennie...
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    including Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer. March 12 – The Columbus and Xenia Railroad, the first railroad that...
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    American politician and U.S. Representative from Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Nelson Jr. Born in Yorktown in the Colony of Virginia, Nelson graduated...
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  • (D) Walter Coles (D) Edmund W. Hubard (D) John Winston Jones (D) Thomas Walker Gilmer (D) Henry A. Wise (W) Willoughby Newton (W) Samuel Chilton (W) William...
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