Hugh Gallen

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Hugh J. Gallen
74th Governor of New Hampshire
In office January 4, 1979 – December 29, 1982
Preceded by	Meldrim Thomson Jr.
Succeeded by	Vesta M. Roy (acting)
Personal details
Born	Hugh Joseph Gallen (1924-07-30)July 30, 1924 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	December 29, 1982(1982-12-29) (aged 58) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Irene Carbonneau ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	3

Hugh Joseph Gallen (July 30, 1924 – December 29, 1982) was an American automobile dealer and Democratic politician from Littleton, New Hampshire. After serving in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, he served as the 74th governor of New Hampshire from 1979 until his death in 1982.

Early life

Born in Portland, Oregon, his family moved to Medford, Massachusetts, when he was six. As a young man, Gallen relocated to Littleton, New Hampshire, and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. He worked as a truck driver, carpenter, and laborer in a paper mill before entering the auto sales industry, buying a General Motors dealership in Littleton. In 1948, he married Irene Carbonneau, a native of Littleton, and together would have three children.^[1][2][3]

Early political career

Gallen entered politics as a member of Littleton Planning Board, serving from 1962 to 1965. From 1967, he sat on the Small Business Administration's New Hampshire Advisory Council and was director and chairman of the New Hampshire-Vermont Development Council from 1969 to 1972. As chairman of the state Democratic State Committee, he was a key supporter of Edmund Muskie's presidential campaign in 1972. The same year, he was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the first Democrat elected to the legislature from Littleton in four decades. He ran in the 1974 and 1976 gubernatorial elections, but came third in the Democratic primary on both occasions.^[4][5]

Governor of New Hampshire 1979-1982

Elections

Gallen Ran for governor a third time in The 1978 Election, easily winning the Democratic nomination.^[6] In the general election he faced Incumbent Republican governor Meldrim Thomson Jr., former Republican Governor Wesley Powell Who Thomson defeated in the Republican primary ran in In the general election as an independent. Powell, Split the Republican vote, And on November 7th 1978 Gallen was Elected governor Defeating Thomson. 49%-45% .^[7] In 1980, Gallen Ran for a second term. Again facing Thomson. On November 4th 1980 Gallen was re-elected in a landslide 59%-41%. even as Ronald Reagan handedly won New Hampshire in the conquering 1980 presidential election.^[8] Gallen Ran for a third term in 1982, Facing former state Representative and Tufts University professor John H. Sununu in the general election. as he had in his previous two campaigns he would not take The Pledge to veto a state sales or income tax if one came to his desk, and called the state's tax system "obsolete" .^[1] Largely due to the budget deficit Gallen Lost to Sununu 51%-47%.^[9] He was the only Democratic governor to lose reelection in 1982 and, along with California, New Hampshire was one of only two governorships picked up by the Republicans that year.

Tenure

In his first term, Gallen pushed through legislation preventing the

Soon after his defeat, Gallen was hospitalized with a blood infection while on vacation in Saint Croix and was airlifted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The infection impaired his liver and kidneys and he required dialysis. Out of state and unable to carry out the responsibilities of the governorship, power was transferred to the state senate president, at the time Robert B. Monier, then Vesta M. Roy when the new legislature was seated in December.^[10]

Gallen's condition did not improve and he died of organ failure in Boston on December 29, 1982.^[1][11] Roy, who became the first woman to wield the powers of New Hampshire Governor, served as acting governor for the final days of Gallen's term until Sununu was sworn in to office on January 6, 1983. Gallen was buried at Saint Rose of Lima New Catholic Cemetery in Littleton.

References

External links

• Hugh Gallen at Find a Grave

Party political offices
Preceded by Harry V. Spanos	Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire 1978, 1980, 1982	Succeeded by Chris Spirou
Political offices
Preceded by Meldrim Thomson Jr.	Governor of New Hampshire 1979–1982	Succeeded by Vesta M. Roy Acting

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