William Gallagher

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William James Gallagher (May 13, 1875 – August 13, 1946) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN, May 13, 1875; attended the public schools, and was graduated from North High School in 1894; engaged as an editorial employee and proofreader in Minneapolis, MN, in 1895 and 1896; moved to Spokane, WA, in 1897 and continued his former pursuits with a labor journal until 1899; returned to Minneapolis, MN, and engaged as a trucker and clerk in freight houses until 1919; employed as a street sweeper for Hennepin County 1919 – 1927 and for the city of Minneapolis, MN, from 1927 until his retirement in 1942; was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress and served from January 3, 1945, until his death; had been renominated to the Eightieth Congress in 1946; died in a hospital at Rochester, MN, August 13, 1946; interment in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN.

Preceded by:
Richard Pillsbury Gale		 U.S. Representative from the 3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
1945 – 1946		 Succeeded by:
George MacKinnon
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