James T. McCalman

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = James T. McCalman

|birth_name = James Thomas McCalman

|birth_date = {{birth date|1914|02|15}}

|birth_place =

|death_date = {{death date and age|1977|06|18|1914|02|15}}

|death_place = Homer, Louisiana, U.S.

|office = Member of the Louisiana State Senate

|term_start = 1960

|term_end = 1964

|preceded = William M. Rainach

|succeeded = Danny Roy Moore

|party = Democratic

|spouse = {{marriage|Gladys McCalman|1939}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/shreveporttimes/name/gladys-mccalman-obituary?n=gladys-mccalman&pid=174635310&fhid=10235|title=Gladys McCalman Obituary (1916–2015)|work=The Times|date=April 16, 2015|access-date=September 24, 2022}}

|children = 5

}}

James Thomas McCalman (February 15, 1914 – June 18, 1977) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate.{{Cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate: 1880 – Present|first=Arthur|last=McEnany|work=Louisiana State Senate|date=January 2008|access-date=September 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225225646/http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|archive-date=December 25, 2015|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}

McCalman attended Homer High School. He served as a member of the Claiborne Parish Police Jury.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110128441/james-mccalman/|title=James McCalman|work=The Times|location=Shreveport, Louisiana|date=June 20, 1977|access-date=September 24, 2022|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} McCalman had worked as a businessperson.{{Citation|title=Wysk Company Profile for James T. McCalman Company, INC.|work=WYSK|date=June 20, 1962}} In 1960, he was elected to the Louisiana State Senate, succeeding William M. Rainach. In 1964, he was succeeded by Danny Roy Moore for the office.

McCalman died in June 1977 at the Homer Memorial Hospital, at the age of 63. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery.