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The Calhoun/Colhoun family is a prominent political family in the United States and is a key political family in U.S. history.The Calhouns rose to power in the South prior to the Civil War and today continue to hold political power and influence through private-sector leadership and control in the South as well as in the Midwest and in New England.
John Caldwell Calhoun (/ k æ l ˈ h uː n /; [1] March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
The lands of the clan Colquhoun are on the shores of Loch Lomond. [2] During the reign of Alexander II, Umphredus de Kilpatrick received from Malduin, Earl of Lennox, the estates of Colquhoun, Auchentorily and Dumbuck. [2]
Calhoun, Colhoun, Calhoon, Colhoon, Cohoon, Hoon, Cahoun, and Cahoon are variants of the surname Colquhoun. They are generally found as simplifications and respellings, though all of them can occur from unrelated sources. In particular, Calhoun is from the Irish variant of Colquhoun.
The house later became the home of John C. Calhoun and his wife Floride Calhoun in 1825. Calhoun enlarged it to 14 rooms and renamed it Fort Hill for nearby Fort Rutledge, which was built around 1776. The architectural style is Greek revival with Federal detailing and with simple interior detailing. [5]
Yale University child psychiatry fellow Dr. Amanda Calhoun dug into the issue of the post-election crises with MSNBC’s Joy Reid. Yale psychiatrist urges MSNBC viewers to shun Trump-voting family ...
Colhoun married Floride Bonneau a member of a prominent Charleston, South Carolina Huguenot family. They had three children: John Ewing Jr. who became a planter, Floride Bonneau (1792–1866) who married her father's first cousin John Caldwell Calhoun , and James Edward (1798–1889 later changed last name to Calhoun), a planter who would ...
He was married in 1943 to Kathleen Nimmo Duncan (died 17 April 2007), the second daughter of Walter Atholl Duncan of London. His wife's sister Marjorie Ray Duncan had married the 6th Earl of Verulam in 1938.
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