Solomon Soladin "S. S." Calhoon (January 2, 1838 – November 10, 1908) was an American judge and attorney. He was a justice of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1900 to 1908.
[ Leslie Southwick]
Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996
18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).
Early life
Calhoon was born January 2, 1838, near
Brandenburg, Kentucky, to parents Louisiana and George Calhoon. He went to school in
Canton, Mississippi
Canton is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 13,189 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is the county seat of Madison County, and situated in the northern part of th ...
and attended
Cumberland University in Tennessee.
He attended the
University of Mississippi, graduating in 1867.
While there, he was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (aka
St. Anthony Hall
St. Anthony Hall or the Fraternity of Delta Psi is an American fraternity and literary society. Its first chapter was founded at Columbia University on , the Calendar of saints, feast day of Anthony the Great, Saint Anthony the Great. The frater ...
).
Career
In 1857, he was the private secretary of Mississippi governor
William McWillie
William McWillie (November 17, 1795 – March 3, 1869) was the twenty-second governor of Mississippi from 1857 to 1859. He was a Democrat. McWillie was the last Governor of Mississippi prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Biograph ...
. The year after, he was the secretary for the
Mississippi Senate. From 1858 to 1859, he was a newspaper editor of the ''
Yazoo Democrat'' and the ''States' Right Democrat''.
During the
American Civil War Calhoon served in the
Confederate Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...
, eventually becoming
lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
of the
9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
In 1867, he was granted
admission to the bar
An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are dist ...
in Mississippi.
He was the president of the 1890 constitutional convention, which created the 1890
Constitution of Mississippi.
He became a justice of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1900 to 1908.
He succeeded Thomas H. Woods, the previous Justice.
Personal life
On December 21, 1965, he married Margaret McWillie.
Calhoon died in
Jackson, Mississippi, on November 10, 1908.
References
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1838 births
1908 deaths
People from Meade County, Kentucky
Cumberland University alumni
19th-century American lawyers
Editors of Mississippi newspapers
19th-century American newspaper editors
Confederate States Army officers
Lawyers from Jackson, Mississippi
Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court
University of Mississippi alumni
St. Anthony Hall