[2] In 1872 the city of Kilgore, Texas was named in his honor after the International–Great Northern Railroad acquired land for a depot.

[2] When House Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed attempted to end the "silent filibuster" in 1890, a process by which the minority party could stop House business by calling quorums but then not answering when their names were called, Reed ended the process by directing the House Clerk to record those not answering to their names when the roll was called as present but not voting.

Kilgore famously attempted to avoid being counted by kicking through a locked door to escape the House chamber.

[4] In 1895, President Grover Cleveland appointed Kilgore judge for the southern district of the United States Court for the Indian Territory.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress