Career
Born at Kings Creek, Virginia (now West Virginia), Kilgore received a liberal schooling. Kilgore was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Humphrey H. Leavitt. Kilgore was again elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress.
He was reelected, this time as a Democrat, to the Twenty-fifth Congress.
He subsequently served from December 1, 1834, until July 4, 1838, when he resigned from politics. Kilgore moved to Steubenville, Ohio in 1850, and was elected president of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad.
He died while visiting New York City. He died on December 12, 1851.
