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Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (March 10, 1801 – November 22, 1855) was a
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from
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. Born near
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, Caldwell studied at South Carolina College (now the
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), graduating in 1820. He then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in South Carolina. He served as a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives 1838–1839. Caldwell was elected as a
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to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He served in the South Carolina State Senate in 1848. He died in South Carolina on November 22, 1855.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caldwell, Patrick Calhoun 1801 births 1855 deaths Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina University of South Carolina alumni Democratic Party South Carolina state senators People from Newberry, South Carolina 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly