The Political Graveyard: Calhoun family of South Carolina

Calhoun family of South Carolina

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John Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) — of South Carolina. Born in Staunton, Va. Cousin of Joseph Calhoun and John Caldwell Calhoun. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1801-02; died in office 1802. Died in Pendleton, Anderson County, S.C., October 26, 1802. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Pickens County, S.C.
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Joseph Calhoun (1750-1817) — of Calhoun Mills, Abbeville District (now Mt. Carmel, McCormick County), S.C. Born in Staunton, Va., October 22, 1750. Cousin of John Ewing Colhoun and John Caldwell Calhoun. 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. Interment at a private or family graveyard, McCormick County, S.C.
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John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known as John C. Calhoun — of South Carolina. Born near Mt. Carmel, McCormick County, S.C., March 18, 1782. Cousin of John Ewing Colhoun and Joseph Calhoun; father-in-law of Thomas Green Clemson; granduncle of John Temple Graves. 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. Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.
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- 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)
Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 1, 1807. Son-in-law of John Caldwell Calhoun. Mining engineer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1844-51. Among the founders of the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland. Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolina for the purpose of establishing an agricultural college, which was named for him, and became Clemson University. Died April 6, 1888. Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Willington Church, Abbeville County, S.C., November 9, 1856. Grandnephew of John Caldwell Calhoun; son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun) Graves; married, April 17, 1878, to Mattie E. Simpson; married, December 30, 1890, to Annie E. Cothran. Newspaper editor; orator; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888; People's candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1908. Died in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1925. Interment at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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