{{Short description|American lawyer (1873–1953)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Daniel J. Gallagher (1873–1953).png | image_size = | name = Daniel J. Gallagher | birth_date = {{birth date|1873|8|31|mf=y}} | birth_place = Newton, Massachusetts | death_date = {{death date and age|1953|3|24|1873|8|31}} | death_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts | resting_place = St. Joseph Cemetery | website = | occupation = Attorney | party = Democrat | spouse = | education = {{Plainlist| * Boston College * Boston University School of Law }} | title = United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | term_start = 1920 | term_end = 1921 | predecessor = Thomas J. Boynton | successor = Robert O. Harris }}
'''Daniel J. Gallagher''' (August 31, 1873 – March 24, 1953) was an American attorney and political figure who served as a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917-1918, the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1920 to 1921, and a delegate to 1932 Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts.<ref name=politicalgraveyard>{{cite web|title=Gallagher, Daniel J.|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallagher.html#627.11.93|work=PoliticalGraveyard.com|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=6 September 2011}}</ref>
==Biography== Daniel J. Gallagher was born in Newton, Massachusetts on August 31, 1873.<ref name=politicalgraveyard/> He attended Boston College and the Boston University School of Law.<ref name=Boston>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofbostonfift01baco/page/439/mode/1up |title=The Book of Boston |editor-first=Edwin M. |editor-last=Bacon |publisher=The Book of Boston Company |page=440 |date=1916 |access-date=2023-07-12 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
His son, Owen A. Gallagher, was a member of the Massachusetts General Court.
Daniel J. Gallagher died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 24, 1953, and was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-daniel-j-gallagher/128113390/ |title=Daniel J. Gallagher |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=36 |date=1953-03-26 |access-date=2023-07-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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