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Originally a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Gallinghouse was also a city court judge in New Orleans.<ref name=mph/>

Originally a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Gallinghouse was also a city court judge in New Orleans.<ref name=mph/>

In 1965, Gallinghouse had entered the race for [[Mayor]] of  New Orleans but withdrew to support fellow Democrat [[Jimmy Fitzmorris]], a veteran city council member, who lost the race to [[Victor H. Schiro]], the last [[conservative]] New Orleans mayor and later the two-term lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1992 to 21980.<ref name=nosi>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/Garrison%20News%20Clippings/1971-2/72-00/72-00-058.pdf|title="Gallinghouse's Goal: Fill Void, Clean Up State"|date=April 28, 1972|publisher=''The New Orleans States-Item''|accessdate=June 29, 2013}}</ref>  Fitzmorris never became mayor; he lost the Democratic nomination to incumbent Schiro.

In 1965, Gallinghouse had entered the race for [[Mayor]] of  New Orleans but withdrew to support fellow Democrat [[Jimmy Fitzmorris]], a veteran city council member, who lost the race to Victor Hugo Schiro (1904-1992), the last [[conservative]] New Orleans mayor and later the two-term lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1992 to 21980.<ref name=nosi>{{cite web|url=http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/White%20Materials/Garrison%20News%20Clippings/1971-2/72-00/72-00-058.pdf|title="Gallinghouse's Goal: Fill Void, Clean Up State"|date=April 28, 1972|publisher=''The New Orleans States-Item''|accessdate=June 29, 2013}}</ref>  Fitzmorris never became mayor; he lost the Democratic nomination to incumbent Schiro.

In 1968, Gallinghouse switched parties to work in the campaign for  [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] for the [[U.S. presidency]] even though his state voted that year for [[George Wallace]], the former governor of [[Alabama]], who ran as the nominee of the [[American Independent Party]]. He headed the group known as United Citizens for Nixon. After the presidential race, Gallinghouse became the state Republican finance chairman, having succeeded [[Allison Kolb]], another Democrat-turned Republican figure.<ref name=mph>"Finance Chairman Named for Louisiana Republicans," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' January 27, 1969, p. 4.</ref> In 1969, Gallinghouse was the general chairman of the Louisiana State Republican Convention, at which then [[U.S. Representative]] [[Dan Kuykendall]] of [[Tennessee]]'s 9th congressional district, since disbanded, was the featured speaker.<ref>"Tennessee Congressman to Be Speaker at Republican Meet," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' February 25, 1969, p. 2.</ref>

In 1968, Gallinghouse switched parties to work in the campaign for  [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] for the presidency even though his state voted that year for [[George Wallace]], the former governor of [[Alabama]], who ran as the nominee of the [[American Independent Party]]. He headed the group known as United Citizens for Nixon. After the presidential race, Gallinghouse became the state Republican finance chairman, having succeeded [[Allison Kolb]], another Democrat-turned Republican figure.<ref name=mph>"Finance Chairman Named for Louisiana Republicans," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' January 27, 1969, p. 4.</ref> In 1969, Gallinghouse was the general chairman of the Louisiana State Republican Convention, at which then [[U.S. Representative]] [[Dan Kuykendall]] of [[Tennessee]]'s 9th congressional district, since disbanded, was the featured speaker.<ref>"Tennessee Congressman to Be Speaker at Republican Meet," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' February 25, 1969, p. 2.</ref>

In 1970, President Nixon appointed Gallinghouse as the prosecuting attorney for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana]]. In 1974, he was reappointed by President [[Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]] He remained on duty for the first year of the Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] administration too.<ref name=obit/>

In 1970, President Nixon appointed Gallinghouse as the prosecuting attorney for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana]]. In 1974, he was reappointed by President [[Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]] He remained on duty for the first year of the Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] administration too.<ref name=obit/>