James Yancy Callahan | |
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| Delegate to theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma Territory'sAt-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Thomas Flynn |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Thomas Flynn |
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| Born | December 19, 1852 (1852-12-19) |
| Died | May 3, 1935 (1935-05-04) (aged 82) |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Political party | Free Silver Party |
| Spouse | Margaret Asbreen Mitchell Callahan |
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James Yancy Callahan (December 19, 1852 – May 3, 1935) was an Americanpolitician, and aDelegate to theUnited States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899, representing theOklahoma Territory He was a member of theFree Silver party, and is the onlythird party politician to representOklahoma at thefederal level.
Callahan was born nearSalem,Dent County,Missouri, on December 19, 1852. He was reared on the farm where he was born, educated in thecommon schools, and worked on a farm. He married Margaret Asbreen Mitchell on February 19, 1872, and they had eleven children, Agnes Elmer, Mary Magadelene, Rufus Omar, Anna Ida, Florence Palestine, Alvin Kenneth, Lillie Effie, Orville Palmer, Lacey Edith, Eunice Minnie, and Eris Carleton.[1]
Entering theministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1880, Callahan continued to engage inagricultural pursuits,sawmilling, andmining. In 1885 he moved toStanton County, Kansas, where he lived until 1892. In 1886, a year after he moved to Kansas, he was elected register of deeds for Stanton County. He was reelected in 1888 and served until December 1889, when he resigned and returned to Dent County, Missouri. In 1892 he moved toKingfisher County, Oklahoma, settling near the town ofKingfisher. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.[2]
In 1896, Callahan was nominated for Congressional delegate fromOklahoma Territory, and was elected by a plurality of less than fifteen hundred, running on theFree Silver ticket to the55th United States Congress. He served from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899,[3] but was not a candidate for re-nomination in1898.
After leaving politics, Callahan relocated toEnid,Garfield County,Oklahoma, where he published theJacksonian until January 1, 1913. He retired from active business pursuits in 1913. He claimed to be healed of a chronic ulcer in 1923 after receiving prayer from Rev. P. C. Nelson, an Assemblies of God educator.
Callahan resided inEnid, Oklahoma until his death there on May 3, 1935 (age 82 years, 135 days). He isinterred at Enid Cemetery.[4]
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| Preceded by | Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma Territory March 4, 1897–March 3, 1899 | Succeeded by |
