Vince Callahan
| Vince Callahan | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 34th district |
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In office January 12, 1983 – January 9, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | John C. Watkins |
| Succeeded by | Margaret G. Vanderhye |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 49th district |
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In office January 13, 1982 – January 12, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Robert C. Scott |
| Succeeded by | Warren G. Stambaugh |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 18th district |
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In office January 12, 1972 – January 13, 1982 |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 27th district |
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In office January 10, 1968 – January 12, 1972 |
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October 30, 1931 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 2014 (aged 82) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | McLean, Virginia, U.S. |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Vincent Francis "Vince" Callahan Jr. (October 30, 1931 – September 20, 2014) was an American politician who served for 40 years as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. From January 1968 to January 2008, he represented the 34th district, which covers McLean, Great Falls, Tysons Corner, and parts of Herndon and Vienna. At the time of his retirement, he was the longest-serving Republican in the Virginia General Assembly.
Callahan was born in 1931 in Washington, D.C.. He served as a Marine in Korea from 1950 to 1952. He attended Georgetown University and earned a B.S. in Foreign Service in 1957. After serving four years as a lieutenant in the Coast Guard, Callahan ran for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1965, but lost to Fred G. Pollard. He ran for Delegate in 1967 and won. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976.
Callahan was first elected to the House of Delegates in 1967. In 1969, a Republican landslide year, Callahan, three other Republicans and Democrat Clive L. DuVal II, outpolled the second leading Democratic candidate Dorothy S. McDiarmid (who would be returned to the legislature in the next election and like Callahan be influential in the legislature for many years). Callahan joined the Appropriations Committee in 1972; McDiarmid also served on that committee and served as its chair before her retirement in 1989).
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