Riemer Calhoun
| Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for DeSoto and Caddo parishes (now District 38) | |
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In office 1944–1952 |
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| Preceded by | Joe T. Cawthorn |
| Succeeded by | Charles Emery Tooke, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 5, 1909 Place of birth missing |
| Died | August 4, 1994 (aged 85) Mansfield, DeSoto Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Clista Andrews Calhoun (married 1933–1952, her death) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Parents | Murry A. and Ruby Calhoun |
| Residence | Mansfield, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Centenary College of Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businessman; farmer |
(1) Clista Andrews Calhoun (married 1933–1952, her death)
From first marriage:
Riemer Calhoun, Jr.
Carolyn C. Huckabay
Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr., known as Riemer Calhoun (April 5, 1909 – August 4, 1994), was a Democrat from Mansfield, Louisiana, who represented a combined DeSoto and Caddo parish district in the Louisiana State Senate from 1944 to 1952.
After he left the Senate, Calhoun in October 1952 managed the DeSoto Parish campaign for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the successful Republican presidential nominee. Eisenhower received 57.8 percent of the vote in DeSoto Parish but lost the electoral vote of Louisiana.
Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murry A. (born c. 1873) and Ruby Calhoun (born c. 1877). He was reared in Ward 4 of DeSoto Parish. A farmer and real estate broker, he graduated in 1930 from the Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport.
Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (c. 1914 – February 1952), a native of Arkansas, was reared in Texarkana, Texas. Clista had been orphaned at the age of ten. The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935), a real estate broker in Shreveport, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (born 1937), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (born May 1943) of Shreveport. Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow is Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (born February 1924).
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