| |  CALHOUN:
See also
James
Calhoun Adkins, Jr. —
Littleberry
Calhoun Allen, Jr. —
John
Calhoun Bell —
Calhoun
Benham —
Patrick
Calhoun Caldwell —
John
Calhoun Cook —
George
Calhoun Crowther —
Charles
Calhoun Dail —
Reese
Calhoun DeGraffenreid —
Calhoun
Grant —
John
Temple Graves —
Ralph
Chandler Harrison —
John
Calhoun Johnson —
John
Caldwell Calhoun Mayo —
John
Calhoun Nicholls —
Hugh
Peterson, Jr. —
John
Calhoun Phillips —
Francello
Phillips-Calhoun —
Daniel
Calhoun Roper —
John
Calhoun Sheppard —
Calhoun
Shorts —
Clement
Calhoun Young |
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Calhoun, A. L. —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
West Virginia, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, Allan T. —
of Vermont.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1924, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, Barbara —
of California.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
|
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Calhoun, Brandi —
of Clinton, Prince
George's County, Md.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
|
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Calhoun, C. A. —
of Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Calhoun, C. C., Jr. —
of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone (now Panama).
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Canal Zone, 1956.
Still living as of 1956.
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Calhoun, C. L. —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1924.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, David R. —
of Michigan.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Calhoun, David S. —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1856, 1862.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, Frances S. —
of Michigan.
Tax Cut candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960;
Tax Cut candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 31st Senatorial
District, 1961.
Female.
Still living as of 1961.
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Calhoun, George M. —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Mayor
of Hattiesburg, Miss., 1941-49.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, H. J. —
of Columbus, Stillwater
County, Mont.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, H. V. —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Belleville, Ill., 1953-56.
Still living as of 1956.
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Calhoun, Harlan Mayberry
(1903-1977) —
also known as Harlan M. Calhoun —
of Moorefield, Hardy
County, W.Va.
Born in Franklin, Pendleton
County, W.Va., October
25, 1903.
Son of H. M. Calhoun.
Democrat. Circuit judge in West Virginia for the 22nd Judicial
Circuit, 1937-58; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1959-72; resigned 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died April 17,
1977 (age 73 years, 174
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, James
(1743-1816) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born April 17,
1743.
Orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1791; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1794-1804.
Died August
14, 1816 (age 73 years, 119
days).
Interment at Westminster
Burying Ground, Baltimore, Md.
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Calhoun, James —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1862-66.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, James C. —
of Wyoming.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wyoming, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Calhoun, James H. —
of Eastland, Eastland
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state senate 29th District, 1887-88.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, James S.
(1802-1852) —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in 1802.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; mayor
of Columbus, Ga., 1838-39; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838-40, 1845; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1841-42; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1851-52; died in office 1852.
Died near Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., July 2,
1852 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Calhoun, John —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1838-39; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1844,
1852.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, John —
of Bovina, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County 2nd District, 1848.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, John —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
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Calhoun, John —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
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Calhoun, John Archibald
(1918-2000) —
also known as John A. Calhoun —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Mill Valley, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., October
29, 1918.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Tijuana, 1942; Cairo, 1942; U.S. Ambassador to Chad, 1961-63; Tunisia, 1969-72.
Died January
21, 2000 (age 81 years, 84
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, John C. —
of Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Cornwall, 1839.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, John C.
(1882-1956) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, December
12, 1882.
Democrat. Mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1940-47; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1949.
Died May 9,
1956 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
|
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Calhoun, John Caldwell
(1782-1850) —
also known as John C. Calhoun —
of South Carolina.
Born near Mt. Carmel, McCormick
County, S.C., March 18,
1782.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice
President of the United States, 1825-32; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office
1850; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1844-45.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States $1000
notes in 1861 and $100
notes in 1862.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1850 (age 68 years, 13
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Marion
Park, Charleston, S.C.
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Relatives:
Cousin of John
Ewing Colhoun and Joseph Calhoun;
father-in-law of Thomas
Green Clemson; granduncle of John
Temple Graves. See Calhoun
family of South Carolina. |
| | | Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
C. Johnson
— John
Calhoun Nicholls
— John
Calhoun Cook
— John
C. Sheppard
— John C.
Bell
— John
C. C. Mayo
— John
C. Phillips
|
| | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer than
union." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John C. Calhoun: Margaret
L. Coit, John
C. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson, John
C. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — Warren
Brown, John
C. Calhoun (for young readers) |
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Calhoun, John H. —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
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Calhoun, John N. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, Joseph
(1750-1817) —
of Calhoun Mills, Abbeville District (now Mt. Carmel, McCormick
County), S.C.
Born in Staunton,
Va., October
22, 1750.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1804-05; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1807-11.
Died in Calhoun Mills, Abbeville District (now Mt. Carmel, McCormick
County), S.C., April 17,
1817 (age 66 years, 177
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, McCormick County, S.C.
|
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Calhoun, Joseph V. —
of Louisiana.
Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1899.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Calhoun, Judy —
of Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
|
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Calhoun, Lola —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1953.
Female.
Still living as of 1953.
|
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Calhoun, Myrtha —
of Dagsboro, Sussex
County, Del.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
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Calhoun, Nancy P. —
of Washingtonville, Orange
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1991-2001 (95th District 1991-92, 94th District
1993-2001).
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
|
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Calhoun, Philo C. —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1855-58; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1859; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1860.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, Philo C. —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Calhoun, Reimer —
of Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
|
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Calhoun, Robert —
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Calhoun, Robert A. —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
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Calhoun, Sandra —
of Beaverton, Gladwin
County, Mich.
U.S. Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976.
Female.
Still living as of 1976.
|
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Calhoun, Stephen H. —
of Otoe
County, Neb.
Delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, Stewart A. —
of Keystone, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Republican candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1934;
member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1952-53.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, Mrs. W. N. —
of Ridgely, Lake
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1928.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calhoun, William Barron
(1796-1865) —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1796.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1825; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1835-43; member
of Massachusetts
state senate, 1846; secretary of
state of Massachusetts, 1848; mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1859.
Died in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
8, 1865 (age 68 years, 314
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
|
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Calhoun, William C. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1953-61.
Still living as of 1961.
|
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Calhoun, Mrs. William C. —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
|
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Calhoun, William James
(1848-1916) —
also known as William J. Calhoun —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., October
5, 1848.
Son of Robert Calhoun and Sarah (Knox) Calhoun.
Republican. Lawyer;
western counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1898-99; U.S. Minister to China, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1916.
Died September
19, 1916 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Calhoun and Sarah (Knox) Calhoun; married, December
26, 1875, to Alice D. Harmon (died 1898); married 1904 to Lucy
Monroe. |
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Calhoun, William Lowndes —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1879-81.
Burial
location unknown.
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