Clair Armstrong Callan (Born 1920- d. 2005) was a Nebraska Democratic politician. He was born in Odell, Nebraska and graduated from Peru State College. He served as an officer in the United States Navy during WWII on a destroyer in the Pacific Theater.
He served on the Odell Village Board, Odell School Board, Gage County School Reorganization Board, Gage County Fair Board, and the Gage County Extension Board. He was chairman of both the Governor’s Committee on State Government Reorganization Board and the Nebraska Power Review Board. He worked as a farmer, stockman, and in the hardware and farm supply business.
In 1964 he was elected to the Eighty-ninth United States Congress serving from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967 and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninetieth United States Congress in 1966 and in 1970. He was deputy administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration from 1967 to 1968 and president of the Allied Industries International, Inc. and Agri-Tech in Nashville, Tennessee. He died on May 28, 2005 in Fairbury, Nebraska.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church, a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Freemasons, the Shriners, the Elks, the Odd Fellows and of the Optimist Club.
Preceded by: Ralph F. Beermann (R) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st congressional district January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967 Succeeded by: Robert Vernon Denney (R)
