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Gore was born in Michigan and left home at the age of 15 to start work as a printer.
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They later homesteaded in the Dakota Territory, where Gore is believed to have made the first filing in Dakota Territory under the new Homestead Acting on January 1, 1863. By 1880, his health was failing and so he moved to Orlando, Florida. After Gore moved to Orlando he purchased the Orange County Reporter and entered the newspaper business.
He was later elected to the Orlando City Council, and served as Mayor of Orlando from 1894 to 1896.
Gore died on June 27, 1916, aged 79. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery.
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