Gallegos, José Manuel, 1815-1875
José Manuel Gallegos (October 30, 1815 – April 21, 1875) was an American priest and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Territory of New Mexico from 1853 to 1856 and 1871 to 1873.
Born in Abiquiú, in what is now Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Gallegos attended parochial schools. He studied theology at the Jesuit run College of Durango (Colegio de Durango), Republic of Mexico, graduated in 1840, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest, working in the parishes of Santa Fe, San Juan, and Albuquerque. He served as member of the legislative assembly of what was then the Department of New Mexico, Republic of Mexico from 1843 to 1846 and as a member of the first territorial council of the Territory of New Mexico in 1851.
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