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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| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1931 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. 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.
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Early life
Callahan was born in 1931 in Washington, D.C..[1] He served as a Marine in Korea from 1950 to 1952.[1] 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.[1]
House of Delegates
Callahan was considered by many to be a moderate Republican and was relatively popular in his district.[citation needed] While he introduced legislation to restrict the death penalty to those 18 and older,[2] Callahan introduced a bill to ban all stem-cell research in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He also introduced legislation in 2007 that would have increased the minimum wage in Virginia. He was awarded the Equality Public Servant Award by Equality Virginia, a gay-rights group which rarely supports Republicans.[citation needed] Prior to 2007, he had last been challenged in 2001 by Dale Evans, a real estate agent, and won with 60.05% of the vote.[citation needed]
2007 election and retirement
As the only Republican state legislator within the Capital Beltway, Callahan was considered a target by Democrats keen to secure their hold on Northern Virginia. On 2007-03-06, Callahan announced that he would not run for re-election in November 2007.[3]
Callahan endorsed his former legislative aide for appropriations Dave Hunt to succeed him but Hunt lost to Margaret Vanderhye, the Democratic candidate, in the November election.[citation needed]
Death
On September 20, 2014, Callahan died of West Nile virus at the age of 82.[4][5]
References
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- ↑ Notice of death of Vince Callahan, wusa9.com; accessed September 20, 2014.
External links
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2008
- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014
- 1931 births
- 2014 deaths
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
- Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Northern Virginia politicians
- People from McLean, Virginia
- People from Washington, D.C.
- Virginia Republicans
- Infectious disease deaths in Virginia
