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Representative John Peter Gallagher View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 3/3/1946
Birth Place: Williamsburg, Iowa
Birth County: Iowa
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 40 (1923)
44 (1931) - 47 (1937)
Home County: Iowa
John Peter Gallagher
Iowa County

JAMES P. GALLAGHER, editor and legislator, died at Mercy hospital at Davenport, March 3, 1946; born on a prairie farm near Williamsburg, Iowa, in 1858 and his home has always been near the place of his nativity; educated in the rural schools; editor of the Williamsburg Journal-Tribune since 1901 until he retired several years ago; represented Iowa county in the general assembly in eight sessions, including an extra session devoted to the revision of the code of Iowa; unmarried, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Catholic church.

House District 40
Committees
46th GA (1935)
Legislation Sponsored
46th GA (1935)