Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) — of South Carolina. Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,September13, 1739.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1781-94, 1800-12;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1793-95.Slaveowner. Died in Pendleton District (part now inAndersonCounty), S.C.,August11, 1817 (age77 years, 332days).Interment atOldStone Churchyard, Clemson, S.C. | | John Ewing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) — also known asJohn E. Colhoun — of South Carolina. Born inStaunton,Va., about 1749.Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1790;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1801-02; died in office 1802.Slaveowner. Died inAndersonCounty, S.C.,October26, 1802 (ageabout 53years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Pickens County, S.C. | | Joseph Calhoun (1750-1817) — of Calhoun Mills, Abbeville District (now Mt. Carmel,McCormickCounty), S.C.Born inStaunton,Va.,October22, 1750.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Abbeville, 1790-92;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1807-11.Slaveowner. Died in Calhoun Mills, Abbeville District (now Mt. Carmel,McCormickCounty), S.C.,April17, 1817 (age66 years, 177days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, McCormick County, S.C. | | Eldred Simkins (1779-1831) — of South Carolina. Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August30, 1779.Democrat.Planter;lawyer;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1812-14;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1818-21; memberofSouthCarolina state senate from Edgefield, 1822-26; PresidentialElector for South Carolina,1824;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1828-29.Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,November17, 1831 (age52 years, 79days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Andrew Pickens (1779-1838) — of South Carolina. Born inEdgefieldCounty, S.C.,November13, 1779.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1816-18.Died inPontotocCounty, Miss.,July 1,1838 (age58 years, 230days).Interment atOldStone Churchyard, Clemson, S.C.  | John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known asJohn C. Calhoun — of Pickens District (nowPickensCounty), S.C.Born in Abbeville District (part now inMcCormickCounty), S.C.,March18, 1782.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1808;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1817-25;VicePresident of the United States, 1825-32; resigned 1832;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office1850;U.S.Secretary of State, 1844-45.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March31, 1850 (age68 years, 13days).Interment atSt.Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atMarionPark, Charleston, S.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Patrick Calhoun and Martha (Caldwell) Calhoun; married,December27, 1809, to Floride Bonneau andFlorideColhoun (daughter ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802)); father of Anna Maria Calhoun (whomarriedThomasGreen Clemson); uncle ofJohnAlfred Calhoun and Martha Catherine Calhoun (who marriedArmisteadBurt); great-granduncle ofJohnTemple Graves; first cousin ofJohnEwing Colhoun (c.1749-1802) andJosephCalhoun; first cousin once removed ofAndrewPickens; first cousin twice removed ofFrancisWilkinson Pickens; second cousin once removed of Sarah AnnCalhoun (who marriedAlexanderHenry Brown); second cousin twice removed ofWilliamFrancis Calhoun. | | | | Political family:Calhoun-Pickensfamily of South Carolina (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Calhoun counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Iowa,Mich.,Miss.,S.C.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | The John C. CalhounStateOffice Building (opened 1926), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. —LakeCalhoun (now known by its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska), inMinneapolis,Minnesota, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Calhoun (built 1941-42 atWilmington,North Carolina; destroyed in cargo explosion atFinchhafen,Papua New Guinea, 1944) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnC. Johnson—JohnCalhoun Nicholls—JohnCalhoun Cook—JohnC. Sheppard—John C.Bell—JohnC. C. Mayo—JohnC. Phillips | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes (1861) and $100 notes(1862). | | | | Campaign slogan: "Liberty dearer thanunion." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about John C. Calhoun: MargaretL. Coit,JohnC. Calhoun : American Portrait — Clyde N. Wilson,JohnC. Calhoun — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Warren Brown,JohnC. Calhoun (for young readers) | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | Floride Calhoun (1792-1866) — also known asFloride Colhoun — Born in Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,February15, 1792.SecondLady of the United States, 1825-32.Female.Died in Pendleton,AndersonCounty, S.C.,July 25,1866 (age74 years, 160days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | Armistead Burt (1802-1883) — of Abbeville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.Born near Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,November13, 1802.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1834-35, 1838-41;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1843-53;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1868.Slaveowner. Died in Abbeville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,October30, 1883 (age80 years, 351days).Interment atEpiscopalCemetery, Abbeville, S.C. | | Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) — also known asFrancis W. Pickens — of South Carolina. Born in Colleton District (nowColletonCounty), S.C.,April 7,1805.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1832-34;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1834-43 (5th District1834-37, 6th District 1837-39, 5th District 1839-41, 6th District1841-43); member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Edgefield, 1844-46; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1858-60;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1860-62.Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,January25, 1869 (age63 years, 293days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C. | | Francis Burt (1807-1854) — Born in Pendleton, Pendleton District (nowAndersonCounty), S.C.,January13, 1807.Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1832-44;SouthCarolina state treasurer, 1844;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1852;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1854; died in office 1854.Died in Bellevue,SarpyCounty, Neb.,October18, 1854 (age47 years, 278days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 1,1807.Miningengineer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBelgium, 1844-51; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Among thefoundersof the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolinafor the purpose ofestablishingan agricultural college, which went on to become Clemson University.Died inPickensCounty, S.C.,April 6,1888 (age80 years, 280days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C. | | John Alfred Calhoun (1807-1874) — also known asJohn A. Calhoun — of Abbeville, Abbeville District (nowAbbevilleCounty), S.C.Born inEdgefieldCounty, S.C.,January8, 1807.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Abbeville, 1860-62.Died in Abbeville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,August25, 1874 (age67 years, 229days).Interment atTrinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C. | | John Edmund Bacon (1830-1897) — also known asJohn E. Bacon — ofRichlandCounty, S.C.Born in South Carolina,1830.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Richland County,1878-80; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toParaguay, 1885-88;Uruguay, 1885-88; U.S. Minister toUruguay, 1888;Paraguay, 1888.Died, in ColumbiaHospital,Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,February19, 1897 (ageabout 66years).Burial location unknown. | | Matthew Calbraith Butler (1836-1909) — also known asMatthew C. Butler — of Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born near Greenville, Greenville District (nowGreenvilleCounty), S.C.,March 8,1836.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1860, 1866; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1870;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1877-95; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1880(ConventionVice-President).Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April14, 1909 (age73 years, 37days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamButler Jr. and Jane (Perry) Butler; married,February25, 1858, to Maria Simkins Pickens (daughter ofFrancisWilkinson Pickens); nephew of Oliver Hazard Perry, MatthewCalbraith Perry,AndrewPickens Butler andPierceMason Butler; grandson ofWilliamButler; first cousin ofJamesDeWolf Perry and Caroline Slidell Perry (who marriedAugustBelmont (1816-1890)); first cousin once removed ofPerryBelmont,AugustBelmont (1853-1924) andOliverHazard Perry Belmont. | | | | Political families:Calhoun-Pickensfamily of South Carolina;Butler-Belmontfamily of Edgefield, South Carolina;Belmont-Perry-Slidellfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article | | | | Books about Matthew Calbraith Butler:Samuel J. Martin,SouthernHero : Matthew Calbraith Butler, Confederate General, HamptonRedshirt, and U.S. Senator |
| | William Francis Calhoun (1844-1929) — also known asWilliam F. Calhoun — of Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.Born inPerryCounty, Pa.,November21, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;dentist;newspapereditor; postmaster atDecatur,Ill., 1897-1913.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.,June 10,1929 (age84 years, 201days).Interment atFairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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