Benjamin Gallagher (August 6, 1840 – March 23, 1900) was an American politician who served as the 1st Auditor of the Wyoming Territory as a

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Life

On August 6, 1840 Benjamin Gallagher was born in Pleasant Grove, Iowa to Lavinia Zion and George Gallagher. In 1862 he moved to the Nebraska Territory where he was appointed as post trader at

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and later to

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in the Wyoming Territory. On May 25, 1869 he served as one of the Grand Jurors on the first court of Cheyenne and later ran as a member of the People's Party for city council before joining the Democratic Party. He was appointed as Auditior of the Territory by Territorial Governor

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and took the oath of office on December 11, 1869 and served until June 4, 1870. He later moved back to Omaha, Nebraska and in the 1890s became a supporter of the

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movement. In 1896 he suffered a stroke and would later suffer another one, but survived both. On March 23, 1900 he suffered a third stroke and died at his home in

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at age 59.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Benjamin 1840 births 1900 deaths 19th-century American politicians People from Floyd County, Iowa Politicians from Cheyenne, Wyoming Wyoming state auditors Wyoming Democrats