Jacob Harold Gallinger
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| President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate | |
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In office February 12, 1912 – March 4, 1913 Serving with Augustus O. Bacon, Frank B. Brandegee & Henry Cabot Lodge |
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| Preceded by | Augustus O. Bacon |
| Succeeded by | James Paul Clarke |
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United States Senator from New Hampshire |
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In office March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Henry W. Blair |
| Succeeded by | Irving W. Drew |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | Ossian Ray |
| Succeeded by | Orren C. Moore |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate | |
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In office 1878–1880 |
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| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
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In office 1872–1873 |
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March 28, 1837 Cornwall, Ontario, British Canada |
| Died | August 17, 1918 (aged 81) Franklin, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States Senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.
Born in Cornwall, Ontario, British Canada, Gallinger moved to the U.S. at an early age and first worked as a printer. He studied medicine at the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical Institute, from which he graduated in May 1858. He studied abroad for two years, and then returned to the United States and engaged in the practice of homeopathic medicine and surgery in Concord, New Hampshire. He was an active member of the American Institute of Homeopathy (AIH) from 1868–80, and throughout his political career, he was a forthright advocate of the homeopathic school of thought and practice. Besides the AIH, he was a member of many state and national medical societies, and a frequent contributor to the journals of his profession. He was on the board of trustees of Columbia Hospital for Women, and a member of the board of visitors to Providence Hospital.
He was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives and served from 1872 to 1873. He served as a member of the state constitutional convention in 1876. He was then elected to the New Hampshire Senate and served from 1878 to 1880. He became surgeon general of New Hampshire, with the rank of brigadier general, from 1879 to 1880. He was then elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889, but declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1888.
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