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Frank T. Gallagher (July 13, 1887 – May 21, 1977) was an American jurist. Born in Wilton Township,
Waseca County, Minnesota Waseca County () is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,968. Its county seat is Waseca. History In 1849, the newly organized Minnesota Territory legislature authorized nine counties across th ...
, Gallagher graduated from Waseca High School in 1907 and then received his law degree from
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in 1913. He practiced law in
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and then in
Waseca, Minnesota Waseca () is a city in Waseca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,410 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat. Transportation U.S. Highway 14 and Minnesota Highway 13 are two of the main routes in the city. U.S. 14 runs ...
. He served on the Waseca School Board. Gallagher served on the
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from 1947 until his retirement in 1963. His brother Henry M. Gallagher also served on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Gallagher died in a hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota of heart failure after a hip fracture.'Funeral Tuesday for former justice,' Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Minnesota), May 23, 1977, pg. 2


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1887 births 1977 deaths People from Waseca County, Minnesota University of Minnesota Law School alumni Minnesota lawyers School board members in Minnesota Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court 20th-century American judges People from Waseca, Minnesota 20th-century American lawyers {{Minnesota-politician-stub