James Yancy Callahan

James Yancy Callahan

James Yancy Callahan (born December 19, 1852 in Salem , Dent County , Missouri , † May 3, 1935 in Enid , Oklahoma ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1899 he represented the Oklahoma Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Callahan attended his homeland public schools and worked on a farm. In 1880 he became a clergyman in the Methodist Church and worked in agriculture. He also ran a sawmill and was involved in mining. In 1885 he moved to Stanton County , Kansas , where he was a land registrar from 1886 to 1889. He then returned briefly to Missouri before moving to the Oklahoma Territory in 1892. There he settled near the town of Kingfisher in Kingfisher County , where he also worked in agriculture.

Callahan was elected delegate of the Oklahoma Territory to the US House of Representatives in 1896 as a candidate for the free silver movement. There he took over from Dennis Thomas Flynn on March 4, 1897 . Until March 3, 1899 he was able to complete a legislative term in Congress . In 1898 he did not run again and his seat fell back to Flynn. After the end of his time in Congress Callahan published the newspaper "Jacksonian" in Enid until 1913. For health reasons, he retired in 1913. James Callahan died in Enid in 1935 and was buried there.

Web links

• James Yancy Callahan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Yancy Callahan in the database of Find a Grave (English)