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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 Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note 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   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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 Informationtop 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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