Evening star., 1918-08-17
Senate to Take Action Monday.

When the Senate meets Monday ac-
ton will be taken providing for the ap-
pointment of a committee of senators
to attend the funeral A similar COM
mittee will be appointed in the House.
Senator Gallinger was the Oldest SEN
ator in point of service. as well as in
point OF age He came to the Senate
March 4. 1891, more than twenty
seven years ago. and had served con-
tinuously in the Senate since that
time. Next to him in point of service
is Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
who came to the Senate March 4.
1893. Senator Warren of Wyoming
served in the Senate from December
/. 1890, to March 4, 1898. and then
was out of the Senate until March 4,
1895. when his present service began
farm in Cornwall. Ontario, Canada,
March 2s, 1897. He was. therefore.
eighty-one years old on his last birth
day. On his fathers side Senator
his great grandfather. Michael CALM
ger, having emigrated from Germany
in 1854, first settling in New York,
whence he removed to Canada in 1881.
where Senator Gallinger's grandfather.
born. Senator Gallinger's mother.
Mrs. Catherine Cook Gallinger. was of
American stock.
Was One of Twelve Children.
Senator Gallinger was one of twelve
children. He received a common
school and academic education. When
he left school he became printer
and worked at tine trade in various
Mo- oh q.
Louisville, KY. and Cincinnati. 1t
was while he was in Cincinnati that
he took up the, study of medicine and
graduated as doctor of medicine in
1858 He followed the practice of
medicine until he was elected to Con-
gress. He served in both the house
and senate of the state of New Hamp-
shire before coming to the Congress
of the United States, which he did
first in 1885, when he was elected a
representative from New Hampshire.
He served for four years in the
He was elected to the United States
Senate to succeed Henry w. Blair for
the term beginning March 4. 1891.
His present term of office would have
expired March 3, 1921.
Before he came to Congress Senator
Gallinger was surgeon general of the
state of New Hampshire, with the
rank of brigadier general, for two
years. In 1885 he received the honor
airy degree of AN. from Dartmouth
College. He) served as a trustee of
George Washington University in this
city for a number of years.
State and National Leader,
He played an important part for
years in both state and national poll
tics He was chairman of the repub-
lican state committee of New Hamp-
shire from 1882 to 1890 and again
from 1898 to 1908. He resigned the
office. He served several times as
chairman of the New Hampshire dele
cation to the republican national con-
vention, and for a time was a member
of the republican national committee.
Senator Gallinger served as presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate dur-
ing a part of the 62nd Congress. He
had been Republican leader of the
Senate since the late Senator Aid
rich of Rhode Island left the Sem
ate. To the end. Senator GaIlineer
was one of the old, conservative Re-
publicans. When the break in the
Republican party came in 1912, and
the Progressives organized, Senator
Gallinger remained staunch to the
party with which he had been af-
filiated for SO many years.
There was never any question as
to where Senator Gallinger stood ON
any issue that came up. He was a
Republican, first last and all the
time. The veteran senator had the
love. and respect Of his colleagues,
democratic as well as Republican. !
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