Background
Kilgore, Constantine Buckley was born on February 20, 1835 in Newnan, Georgia, United States.
United States representative politician
Kilgore, Constantine Buckley was born on February 20, 1835 in Newnan, Georgia, United States.
He studied law.
He received a common-school and academic training. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Rusk County, Texas. Kilgore was elected Justice of the Peace in 1869.
Kilgore was elected to the State senate in 1884 for a term of four years.
He was chosen president of that body in 1885 for two years. He resigned from the State senate in 1886, having been elected to Congress.
Kilgore was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895). He was appointed by President Cleveland United States judge for the southern district of Indian Territory March 20, 1895, and served until his death in Ardmore, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), September 23, 1897.
He was interred in White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, Texas.
He served as a member of the State constitutional convention in 1875.