John Calhoon (April 13, 1793October 15, 1852) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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in 1797. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. Calhoon was a member of the

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in 1820, 1821, 1829, and 1830. He was unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twentieth Congress. He received the credentials of an election as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress, held November 5–7, 1827, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William S. Young, but, in order to avoid a contest, resigned and, together with his opponent,

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, petitioned the

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for a new election. He was again unsuccessful in this election. Calhoon was elected as an

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to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Whig to the

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(March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839) and was not a candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress. After leaving Congress, he moved to

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in 1839 and resumed the practice of law. He returned to Kentucky and was appointed judge of the fourteenth judicial district in January 1842. He died in 1852 in

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, the seat of McLean County.

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