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  Gallagher, Thomas
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NameThomas Gallagher
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Chicago, Illinois , United States
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Born July 06, 1850
DiedFebruary 24, 1930 (79 years)
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Infoa Representative from Illinois; born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., July 6, 1850; moved to Chicago in 1866; attended the public schools; learned the trade of iron molder; entered the hat business in Chicago in 1878; director of the Cook County State Savings Bank; member of the city council of Chicago 1893-1897; member of the board of education 1897-1903; chairman of the Democratic central committee of Cook County in 1902; president of the Democratic county committee in 1906 and 1907 and a member of the executive committee in 1909, 1911, and 1913; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; retired from active pursuits and resided in Chicago, Ill.; died February 24, 1930, in San Antonio, Tex., while on a visit; interment in St. Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.


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  09/15/1920 IL District 8-D Primary Lost 33.78% (-32.44%)
  11/05/1918 IL District 8 Won 78.18% (+56.37%)
  09/11/1918 IL District 8-D Primary Won 61.83% (+23.66%)
  11/07/1916 IL District 8 Won 63.42% (+26.83%)
  09/13/1916 IL District 8-D Primary Won 35.87% (+7.65%)
  11/03/1914 IL District 8 Won 69.49% (+49.74%)
  09/09/1914 IL District 8-D Primary Won 45.53% (+16.56%)
  11/05/1912 IL - District 08 Won 52.43% (+23.48%)
  04/09/1912 IL District 8-D Primary Won 49.01% (+12.39%)
  11/08/1910 IL - District 08 Won 58.69% (+25.92%)
  11/03/1908 IL - District 08 Won 49.20% (+4.02%)
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