Thomas Gallagher (politician, 1850)

Thomas Gallagher

Thomas Gallagher (* 6. July 1850 in Concord , New Hampshire ; †  24. February 1930 in San Antonio , Texas ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , of the State of Illinois for several years in the US House of Representatives represented.

Life

Gallagher, who settled in Chicago in 1866 , learned the trade of iron former after attending public schools and founded a company in Chicago in 1878 . He later became a director of State Savings Bank in Cook County . He began his political career in local politics and was initially a member of the Chicago City Council from 1893 to 1897 and then a member of the School Council ( Board of Education ) between 1897 and 1903 . During this time he was 1902 also chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Cook County and then 1906 and 1907 chairman of the Committee of Democrats in that county.

In the 1908 congressional elections , Gallagher was elected to the US House of Representatives for the first time for the Democrats, and after five subsequent re-elections from March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1921, he represented the eighth congressional electoral district of Illinois. During this time he became a member of the Executive Committee of the Democrats in Cook County in 1909, 1911, and also 1913. In 1920 he applied for a new candidacy, but was defeated by his internal party competitor Stanley H. Kunz , who was then elected to the 67th  Congress .

Gallagher then retired from active political life and lived in Chicago. After he died during a visit to San Antonio, he was buried in St. Boniface Cemetery in Chicago after his transfer .

Web links

• Thomas Gallagher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)