Biography

03/08/1903 - 05/01/1959


GALLAGHER, Joseph C., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Freeland, Luzerne County, Pa., March 8, 1903; coal miner; vice chair, Democratic Party, 1st Legislative District, Luzerne County; chair, Freeland Borough Democrats; International Organizer, United Mine Workers of America; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1941 term and served 1 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1942); died, May 1, 1959 in Freeland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Anns Parish Cemetery, Freeland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
 


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