Benjamin Putnam Calhoun

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}

Benjamin Putnam Calhoun (1855 - 1907) was an American lawyer and politician.

He was born in St. Augustine, Florida. He was a one term state legislator who served on the South Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat,{{cite book|author=Harry Gardner Cutler|title=History of Florida: Past and Present, Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9sBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+P.+Calhoun%22&pg=PA85|year=1923|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=85}} he served as one of five representatives for Orangeburg, South Carolina. Benjamin K. Randolph was state senator for the area.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p0FAAAAQAAJ&q=francis+demars+orangeburg&pg=RA24-PA13|title=House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session|first=United States Congress|last=House|date=February 19, 1868|via=Google Books}}

His wife died a year after he did on July 26, 1908.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16182885/death-of-mrs-benjamin-p-calhoun/|title=Death of Mrs. Benjamin P Calhoun|date=July 31, 1908|pages=6|via=newspapers.com}} An 1886 Bar Association of New Mexico meeting report identified him as living in Grants, New Mexico.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQAwAQAAMAAJ&q=idus+l.+fielder&pg=RA3-PA17|title=Minutes [of The] Annual Session|first=New Mexico Bar|last=Association|date=February 23, 1886|via=Google Books}}