James Yancy Callahan
| James Yancy Callahan | |
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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma Territory's At-large district | |
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In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
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| Preceded by | Dennis Thomas Flynn |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Thomas Flynn |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 19, 1852 Dent County, Missouri |
| Died |
May 3, 1935 (aged 82) Enid, Oklahoma |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Free Silver Party |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Asbreen Mitchell Callahan |
| Children |
Agnes Elmer Callahan Mary Magadelene Callahan Eiselein Rufus Omar Callahan Anna Ida Callahan Florence Palestine Callahan Burson Alvin Kenneth Callahan Lillie Effie Callahan Nazworthy Orville Palmer Callahan Lacey Edith Callahan Eunice Minnie Callahan Eris Carleton Callahan McCann |
| Profession |
farmer minister politician publisher |
Agnes Elmer Callahan Mary Magadelene Callahan Eiselein
Rufus Omar Callahan
Anna Ida Callahan
Florence Palestine Callahan Burson
Alvin Kenneth Callahan
Lillie Effie Callahan Nazworthy
Orville Palmer Callahan
Lacey Edith Callahan
Eunice Minnie Callahan
farmer minister
politician
James Yancy Callahan (December 19, 1852 – May 3, 1935) was an American politician, and a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1899, representing the Oklahoma Territory He was a member of the Free Silver party, and is (as of 2015[update]) the only third party politician to represent Oklahoma at the federal level.
Callahan was born near Salem, Dent County, Missouri, on December 19, 1852. He was reared on the farm where he was born, educated in the common 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.
Entering the ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1880, Callahan continued to engage in agricultural pursuits, sawmilling, and mining. In 1885 he moved to Stanton 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 to Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, settling near the town of Kingfisher. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
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