Gilman, Alfred

Born: 1812-03-19 Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Died: 1891-04-08

Flourished: Lowell, Massachusetts

Alfred Gilman was a Whig politician and civic official. In 1833, he married Dorcas Gibson. In 1843, 1848, 1849, and 1855, he represented Ward Three on the Lowell Common Council, and in 1855, he served as president of the Council. In 1851, President Millard Fillmore appointed him postmaster of Lowell, a position he held until April 1853. In 1857, Lowell voters selected him to represent them in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1860, he was working in Lowell as a tailor and owned real estate valued at $3,000 and had a personal estate of $4,000.

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