Background
Kilgore, Harley Martin was born on January 11, 1893 in Brown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Quimby and Laura Jo (Martin) Kilgore.
Kilgore, Harley Martin was born on January 11, 1893 in Brown, West Virginia, United States. Son of Quimby and Laura Jo (Martin) Kilgore.
Bachelor of Laws, West Virginia University, 1914.
Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1914. In practice at Beckley, West Virginia, 1914-1917 and 1920-1932. Became judge Criminal Court, Raleigh County, West Virginia, 1932-1940.
Member United States Senate, West Virginia, since 1940.
Member special senate commission to investigate National Defense Program, 1941-1946, chairman, 1946, chairman Senate Judiciary Committee In 1st O.T.C., Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, 1917. Successively Second lieutenant, First lieutenant, captain, United States Army, 1917-1920.
Officer West. Virginia National Guard, 1921-1953, retired colonel.
Member American Political Science Association, West Virginia History Society, Sons of the American Revolution Member Christian Church.
Married Lois Elaine Lilly, May 10, 1921. Children: Robert Martin, Elinor Stuart (Mistress Albert T. Young, Junior.