L. G. Galloway

L. G. Galloway
7th Secretary of State of Mississippi
In office
November 1841 – November 1843
Preceded byThomas B. Woodward
Succeeded byWilson Hemingway
Personal details
Born1808 or 1809
Warren County, Mississippi, U. S.
Died (aged 60)
Memphis, Tennessee, U. S.
PartyWhig
Children2

Colonel Lewis G. Galloway (1808 or 1809 - January 1869) was an American politician. He was the 7th Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Lewis (or Louis)[1] G. Galloway was born in Warren County, Mississippi,[2] but later lived in Holmes County, Mississippi.[3] He was a member of the Whig Party.[3][4] He attended the Whig Party Convention of Mississippi in January 1839.[5] Galloway ran for Secretary of State of Mississippi in November 1841 against Thomas B. Woodward and D. O. Williams.[6] He became the Secretary of State of Mississippi in November 1841.[7][8][9] At the Whig Party Convention on June 12, 1843, Galloway was nominated for re-election.[10][1] His tenure as Secretary of State of Mississippi ended in November 1843.[7][8][9][11] He was succeeded by Wilson Hemingway.[7][8]

Galloway died of dysentery in Memphis, Tennessee, aged 60 in January 1869.[12] His funeral was held on January 26, 1869.[13]

Personal life

Galloway married Martha Dickinson, the daughter of lawyer David Dickinson, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on September 10, 1846.[14][15] Through Martha's sister, Galloway was a brother-in-law of John Bell.[15] Martha died before 1851.[16] She was survived by two of her and Lewis's children; Lewis G. Galloway Jr. and David D. Galloway.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Louis G. Galloway nomination". Milwaukie Sentinel. July 15, 1843. p. 1. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  2. ↑ "L. G. Galloway". Lexington Union. September 24, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Lewis G. Galloway, Whig, candidate for Secretary of State". Vicksburg Daily Whig. February 4, 1841. p. 2. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Lewis G Galloway 1". The Yazoo City Whig and Political Register. April 9, 1841. p. 1. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  5. ↑ "1839 Journal of the Whig Convention of Mississippi". The Natchez Daily Courier. February 14, 1839. p. 2. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Canton, MS Election Returns". The American Citizen. November 6, 1841. p. 3. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 169.
  8. 1 2 3 Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 178.
  9. 1 2 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Encyclopedia of Mississippi History: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons. S. A. Brant. p. 824.
  10. ↑ "Whig Bond Paying Ticket 1843". The Weekly Natchez Courier. September 13, 1843. p. 2. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  11. ↑ The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ...: Comprising a Calendar for the Year; Astronomical Information; Miscellaneous Directions, Hints, and Remarks; and Statistical and Other Particulars Respecting Foreign Countries and the United States. Gray and Bowen. 1844. p. 265.
  12. ↑ "Mortuary Report". Public Ledger. January 30, 1869. p. 3. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Obituary for LEWIS G. GALLOWAY". Memphis Daily Appeal. January 26, 1869. p. 2. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  14. ↑ Lucas, Silas Emmett (1978). Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers, 1794-1851. Southern Historical Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-89308-092-1.
  15. 1 2 "Murfree family". The Tennessean. March 30, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Estate of David Dickinson". Flag of the Union. August 8, 1851. p. 3. Retrieved August 27, 2026.
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