Jacob H. Gallinger
Jacob H. Gallinger | |
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James Paul Clarke | |
| United States Senator from New Hampshire | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Henry W. Blair |
| Succeeded by | Irving W. Drew |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Ossian Ray |
| Succeeded by | Orren C. Moore |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate | |
| In office 1878–1880 | |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1872–1873 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 28, 1837 British Canada |
| Died | August 17, 1918 (aged 81) Franklin, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a
Early life and career
Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in
He was home-schooled from an early age.[1]
Gallinger moved to the U.S. at an early age and first worked as a printer.[1]
Medical career
Gallinger studied medicine at the
He was an active member of the American Institute of Homeopathy from 1868 to 1880, and throughout his political career, he was a forthright advocate of the homeopathic school of thought and practice. Besides the AIH, he was a member of many state and national medical societies and a frequent contributor to the journals of his profession. He was on the board of trustees of Columbia Hospital for Women, and a member of the board of visitors to Providence Hospital.
Early political career
State legislature
Gallinger was elected to the
He became surgeon general of New Hampshire under Governor Natt Head, with the rank of brigadier general, from 1879 to 1880. In 1882, he was elected chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party and remained in that role until his resignation in 1890.[1]
United States House of Representatives
In 1884, Gallinger was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889, but declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1888.
In 1888, Gallinger served as chairman of the New Hampshire delegation to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, where he seconded the nomination of Benjamin Harrison of Indiana for president.
United States Senate
In 1890, Gallinger was elected to the New Hampshire House again, but served only a short time before the legislature elected him to the United States Senate in 1891. He was reelected by the legislature without Republican opposition in 1897, 1903 and 1909,[1] and by popular vote in 1914. He served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Franklin, New Hampshire in 1918.
As Senator, Gallinger chaired the New Hampshire delegations to the Republican National Convention of 1888, 1900, 1904 and 1908, and for a time was a member of the Republican National Committee.
In 1898, Gallinger returned to the role of chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party and was re-elected in 1900 and 1902.[1] In 1901, he was also elected to represent New Hampshire on the Republican National Committee.[1]
As Senator he was considered a master of parliamentary law and was frequently called upon to preside over the Senate. He was also an active public speaker in and out of the Senate.[1]
He was President pro tempore during the Sixty-second Congress and was also Republican Conference chairman. He also chaired the
Personal life and death
Gallinger received the honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1885 and served as trustee of George Washington University for several years. He was interred at Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord.
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
- List of United States senators born outside the United States
Notes
- ^ OCLC 7566342.
- ^ See: Report of the Merchant Marine Commission, together with the testimony taken at the Hearings, 1905, Vol. III. Hearings on the Southern Coast and at Washington, D.C. and General Index
- ^ "Protection and Restoration". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
References
- American National Biography
- Dictionary of American Biography
- Schlup, Leonard. "Consistent Conservative: Jacob Harold Gallinger and the Presidential Campaign of 1912 in New Hampshire." International Review of History and Political Science 21 (August 1984): 49–57.
- U.S. Congress. Memorial Services for Jacob Harold Gallinger. 65th Cong., 3rd sess., 1918–1919. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1919.
- United States Congress. "Jacob H. Gallinger (id: G000023)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 7. New York: D. Appleton.
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard
- Jacob H. Gallinger, late a representative from New Hampshire, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1919
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