Background
Gilmore was born in Brownville, Nebraska to Andrew and Sarah Jane Allen Hall.
Gilmore was born in Brownville, Nebraska to Andrew and Sarah Jane Allen Hall.
Harvard Law School; DePauw University.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from DePauw University in 1893, and his Bachelor of Laws from Harvard in 1899. After practicing law in Boston from 1899 to 1902, Gilmore served as faculty at the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1902 to 1922. He was the Vice Governor-General in the Philippine Islands from 1922-1929.
The author of a number of articles and pamphlets and several books dealing with law, Gilmore also wrote a law encyclopedia of 15 volumes called Modern American Law.
Gilmore died of a heart attack at his home in Iowa City, Iowa on November 4, 1953. A Philippine major thoroughfare named Gilmore Avenue was named after him in honor of his service as acting governor-general of the Philippines.
Gilmore LRT Station, a train station that intersects with the avenue, is also named after him. Gilmore Hall at the University of Iowa is named for him.