Richard Pillsbury Gale

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Richard Pillsbury Gale (October 30, 1900 – December 4, 1973) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN, October 30, 1900; attended the public schools of Minneapolis, The Blake School at Hopkins, MN, Minnesota Farm School, and University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; was graduated from Yale University in 1922; became engaged in agricultural pursuits and securities in 1923; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1939 and 1940; member of the Mound, MN School Board for eight years; trustee of Blake School at Hopkins, MN; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; author of newspaper articles on social, economic, and political life of people in various foreign countries; returned to agricultural pursuits and resided at his Wickham Farm near Mound, Minn.; died in Minneapolis, MN, December 4, 1973; interment in Lakewood Cemetery.

Preceded by:
John G. Alexander		 U.S. Representative from the 3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
1941 – 1945		 Succeeded by:
William Gallagher
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