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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 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 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=March 8, 2022}}</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  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 Heflin Kuykendall (1924-2008) 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 Heflin Kuykendall (1924-2008) 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>