Cornelius Edward Gallagher (born March 2, 1921 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1959-1973. Gallagher attended the local schools of Bayonne and graduated from John Marshall College in 1946; in 1945 and 1946 he was a member of the faculty of Rutgers University. He also graduated from John Marshall Law School with an LL.B. in 1948, and engaged in additional studies at New York University in 1948 and 1949. During World War II, Gallagher commanded an infantry rifle company in General George S. Patton's Third Army in Europe and served from September 1941 until discharged as a captain in November 1946. During the Korean War he served one year, and was admitted to the bar in 1949. Gallagher was appointed a director of the Broadway National Bank, and was elected to the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1953, a post he held until resigning in 1956, when he was appointed commissioner of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Gallagher was also a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1952, 1956 and 1960. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth through Ninety-second Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1973), and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972. Gallagher was vice president of Baron/Canning International in New York City, and is a resident of Columbia, New Jersey.
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| Preceded by Alfred D. Sieminski |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th congressional district January 3, 1959-January 3, 1973 |
Succeeded by Joseph J. Maraziti |
