Background
Pilcher was born in Stafford County, Virginia to a wealthy manufacturing family.
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He came to Louisville in 1833 to study law. Pilcher unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor in 1844 as a Jacksonian Democrat, but was elected mayor of Louisville on the Know Nothing party on April 4, 1857 in a landslide. However, by May 13, 1858 he was too ill to continue his duties, and he died later that year, becoming the first mayor of Louisville to die in office.
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Political Party
Democratic party