James S. Calhoun

James S. Calhoun (* 1802 in Columbus, Georgia, † July 2, 1852 in Independence, Missouri ) was an American politician and from 1851 to 1852 Governor of New Mexico Territory.

Early years

Calhoun grew up in Georgia and began his political career in this country. In 1830 he was elected to the local state legislature, from 1838 to 1839 he was mayor of the city of Columbus, before he was elected for a short time in the Senate in his home state. Between 1841 and 1842 he was American consul in Havana, Cuba. During the Mexican-American War, he served as a colonel in the U.S. Army.

Life in New Mexico

After the end of the war he was in the new New Mexico Territory Indian Supervisor ( Indian Agent ) the federal government. In 1850 he was appointed by President Millard Fillmore to the new territorial governor of the area. Calhoun held that office only until 1852. According to some sources he has resigned in the spring of 1852 for health reasons, other sources say that he had died in July this year as governor. In any case, the Office in 1852, was administered until the arrival of the new Territorial Governor William Carr Lane by John Greiner and Edwin Vose Sumner interim basis.