Education
Born in Wilton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota, Gallagher graduated from Waseca High School in 1907 and then received his law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1913.
Born in Wilton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota, Gallagher graduated from Waseca High School in 1907 and then received his law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1913.
He practiced law in Austin, Minnesota and then in Waseca, Minnesota. He served on the Waseca School Board. Gallagher served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1947 until his retirement in 1963.
Gallagher died in a hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota of heart failure after a hip fracture.