Peter F. Galligan (January 20, 1860 – May 20, 1917) was an American politician who also played
Shortstop
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in
Major League Baseball
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in one game for the 1886
Washington Nationals
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.
Galligan was born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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and went to
Saint Ignatius College. After his brief appearance in the majors, he played in the
Western Association
The Western Association was the name of five different leagues formed in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The oldest league, originally established as the Northwestern League in 1883, was refounded as the Western ...
in 1888, the
Central Interstate League in 1889 and the
Chicago City League in 1891. He also worked in the manufacturing business. Galligan served briefly as a patrolman for the police force before he was elected to the
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
, where he served from 1897 to 1899 and from 1909 to 1913 and was a
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
. He also served in the
Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ...
from 1899 to 1903. Galligan died in Chicago.
MLB Statistics-Peter Galligan
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19th-century baseball players
Major League Baseball shortstops
Washington Nationals (1886–1889) players
Harrisburg Ponies players
Scranton Indians players
St. Louis Whites players
Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Chicago Maroons players
Peoria Canaries players
Chicago Garden Citys players
Baseball players from Chicago
1860 births
1917 deaths
American police officers
Businesspeople from Chicago
Politicians from Chicago
Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Democratic Party Illinois state senators
19th-century American businesspeople
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