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Office | Congressional Delegate |
Honorific | Congressional Delegate - Abbr: Congressional Delegate |
Type | General Election |
Filing Deadline | July 00, 1854 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | September 01, 1855 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | September 01, 1855 - 11:00pm Central |
Term Start | March 04, 1855 - 12:00pm |
Term End | March 04, 1857 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | Chronicler |
Last Modified | Chronicler February 03, 2006 06:44pm |
Data Sources | Biographical Directory of the American Congress (1971), p. 166. |
Description |
Date of election speculative. Otero successfully contested Gallegos's re-election, and he was seated on 7/23/1856.
The New York Times reported on 10/29/1855 that Gallegos won by a margin of 99.
It is not clear which of the candidates was the Independent Democrat.
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