Patrick C. Caldwell

Patrick Calhoun Caldwell ( * March 10, 1801 in Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, † November 22, 1855 ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Patrick Caldwell studied until 1820 at the South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina, Columbia. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1822 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Newberry. Politically, he was a follower of his cousin John C. Calhoun. He supported the project in 1832 during the Nullifikationskrise South Carolina to put federal laws repealed, and advocated the expansion of slavery.

Between 1838 and 1839 Caldwell was a member of the Democratic Party Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from South Carolina. In 1840 he was in the third constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1841, the successor of John K. Griffin. Since he has not been confirmed at the next elections in 1842, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1843. This was determined by the discussions about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Caldwell again worked as a lawyer. In 1848 he was elected to the Senate of South Carolina. Patrick Caldwell died on November 22, 1855 in his home town of Newberry.

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