Chris B. Callan

Full Name: Chris B. Callan
Date of birth: September 10, 1865
Date of death: March 15, 1937

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	92	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar
H	92	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar
H	89	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar	Bexar

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House District 92
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 92
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 89
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

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Resolutions and Journal entries

45th Legislature, R.S., 3/16/1937, p. 1100. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, Chris B. Callan, "Veteran Bailiff of Court Dies," 3/16/1937, p. 3. "Formerly a printer by trade, Mr. Callan about 30 years ago served in the Texas legislature and was the author of a number of labor laws in effect today." Austin American.
Obituary and photo, "Chris B. Callan Taken by Death," 3/15/1937, p. 2. Austin Statesman.
Biographical sketch, Chris B. Callan, pp. 127-128. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Chris B. Callan, birth date 9/10/1865 in Washington, District of Columbia; death date 3/15/1937 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; printer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Chris B. Callan (1865-1937), burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Austin. Includes reprint of obituary in the Austin Statesman, 3/15/1937. Find a Grave.
"Texas Trade Gossip," Typographical Journal, Volume XXI, Number 2, July 15, 1902, p. 75. J.S. Ainsworth elected flotorial representative to the seventy-first [sic] district in the next Texas legislature, and Hon. C.B. "Eight-Hour" Callan of San Antonio re-elected to next legislature. Google Books.

Photographs

Photograph. Chris B. Callen, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.B. Callan, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.B. Callan, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

29th R.S. - 1905 Commerce and Manufactures Enrolled Bills Labor Public Grounds and Buildings State Asylums
28th R.S. - 1903 Constitutional Amendments Labor (Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds
27th R.S. - 1901 "Log Cabin" Painting, to Investigate Ownership Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Labor (Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds Public Debt Public Printing Towns and City Corporations

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