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Benjamin Putnam Calhoun

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American lawyer and politician

Benjamin Putnam Calhoun (1855 - 1907) was an American lawyer and politician.

He was born in St. Augustine, Florida. He was a one term state legislator who served on the South Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat, he served as one of five representatives for Orangeburg, South Carolina. Benjamin K. Randolph was state senator for the area.

His wife died a year after he did on July 26, 1908. An 1886 Bar Association of New Mexico meeting report identified him as living in Grants, New Mexico.

References

  1. Harry Gardner Cutler (1923). History of Florida: Past and Present, Historical and Biographical. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 85.
  2. House, United States Congress (February 19, 1868). "House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.
  3. "Death of Mrs. Benjamin P Calhoun". July 31, 1908. p. 6 – via newspapers.com.
  4. Association, New Mexico Bar (February 23, 1886). "Minutes [of The] Annual Session" – via Google Books.
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