Malheur-Multnomah-Harney County OR Archives Biographies.....Gallagher, P. J. 1884 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 441 - 442
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

      P. J. GALLAGHER.  In the four years during which P. J. Gallagher has 
been engaged in the practice of law in Portland, he has risen steadily in 
public esteem and has won a large and remunerative clientele. He was born in 
Minnesota in 1884 and is a son of Thomas and Cecilia Gallagher, both of whom 
died before their son was ten years of age. When he was twelve years old he 
and one of his brothers ran away to the vicinity of St. Paul and P. J. 
Gallagher, determined to secure an education, completed his high school work 
at Lakeville. He then went to Pierre, South Dakota, near which place a 
Scotchman, known as "Scotty" Phillips, ran a cattle ranch, and also had 
acquired a herd of buffalo. There Mr. Gallagher was engaged in round-up and 
other work on the ranch for several years. George Phillips, a nephew of his 
employer, had a desire to study law, for which Mr. Gallagher also had an 
ambition, and the two boys arranged to help each other. George Phillips 
entered the law school of the University of Michigan and on the completion of 
his course opened an office at Fort Pierre, and also one at Phillips, South 
Dakota, which town was named after "Scotty" Phillips. Mr. Phillips formed a 
partnership with Alvin Waggoner, a fellow student at Ann Arbor, who went to 
South Dakota and assumed control of the office at Phillips, conducting it as 
Phillips and Waggoner. Mr. Gallagher entered this law office as a student, in 
addition to which he attended summer sessions of law school, and in 1911 was 
admitted to the bar. He became a member of the law firm of Phillips & 
Waggoner, at Fort Pierre and Phillips, where he remained until January, 1913, 
when he came to Oregon. His first location in this state was at Burns, where 
he remained but a short time, going from there to Ontario, Malheur county, 
where he built up a good practice and remained until 1925. He then located in 
Portland, opening an office at 1202 Bedell building, in which move he had a 
two-fold object, that of entering a larger field of practice and of securing 
for his children better educational facilities. He conducts a general practice 
and has earned a well deserved reputation for ability and trustworthiness.

     In 1907, at Midland, South Dakota, Mr. Gallagher was united in marriage 
to Miss Florence E. Hall, a daughter of John and Emily Hall, both of whom are 
still living in South Dakota. They were early pioneers of that state, from 
which the Indians drove them out twice. Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher have five 
children, namely: Cecilia, who is a student in the Northwestern Law School; 
Evelyn, who is a student in Reed College; and Martin, Claire and Thomas, the 
last two of whom were born in this state. Martin and Claire are attending the 
Lincoln high school. Mr. Gallagher has always shown a deep interest in public 
affairs and while living in Ontario, in 1919 and again in 1921, was elected a 
member of the state legislature, serving in both regular sessions and two 
special sessions. He was also a member of the county fair board and city 
attorney. He was attorney for and handled the Owyhee irrigation project, 
lobbying for the community at Washington, D. C., where he spent much time from 
1920 to 1924 during part of each session of congress; until the desired bill 
was finally passed. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, 
the Knights of Columbus, the Multnomah County Bar Association, the Oregon 
State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. All who know him hold 
him in high esteem for his excellent personal qualities, as well as for his 
professional ability, and he has won many warm friends in this city.

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