Richard Pillsbury Gale

Richard Pillsbury Gale (born October 30, 1900 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , †  December 4, 1973 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1945 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Gale first attended public schools in his hometown of Minneapolis. He then went to the Blake School in Hopkins and the Minnesota Farm School . He then continued his education with courses at the University of Minnesota and Yale University , where he finished his education in 1922. After that he worked in agriculture, among other things.

Politically, Gale was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1939 and 1940 . He was also a member of the Mound City School Board and a curator of the Blake School for eight years . In the 1940 congressional election, Gale was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded John G. Alexander on January 3, 1941 . After re-election in 1942, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until January 3, 1945 , which were largely determined by the events of World War II .

In the 1944 election, Gale lost to William Gallagher . In the following years he wrote newspaper articles on the social, economic and political life of numerous nations. At the same time he returned to farming. He lived on his farm near Mound. Richard Gale died on December 4, 1973 in his native Minneapolis, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Richard Pillsbury Gale in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Pillsbury Gale in the database of Find a Grave (English)