Riemer Calhoun

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr.

| office= Louisiana State Senator for DeSoto and Caddo parishes (now District 38)

| party=Democratic Party

| term_start=1944

| term_end=1952

| preceded=Lloyd Hendrick

Joe T. Cawthorn

| succeeded=B. H. "Johnny" Rogers

Charles Emery Tooke, Jr.

| birth_date={{birth date|1909|4|5}}

| birth_place=Place of birth missing

| death_date={{death date and age|1994|8|4|1909|4|5}}

| death_place=Mansfield, DeSoto Parish
Louisiana, USA

| resting_place=

| residence=Mansfield, Louisiana

| religion=

| alma_mater=Centenary College of Louisiana

| occupation=Businessman; farmer

| spouse=(1) Clista Andrews Calhoun (married 1933–1952, her death)

(2) Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (married c. 1955-1994, his death)

| children=From first marriage:

Riemer Calhoun, Jr.

Carolyn C. Huckabay

Thomas Allen Calhoun

|parents=Murry A. and Ruby Calhoun

}}

Maurice Riemer Calhoun Sr. (April 5, 1909 – August 4, 1994),{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=Rhymer&gsln=Calhoun&gss=angs-g&rank=1&gl=allgs&gst=|title=M. Riemer Calhoun|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=October 26, 2014}} was Louisiana politician who served in the Louisiana State Senate as a Democrat from 1944 to 1952, representing parts of DeSoto and Caddo parish.{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880–2011|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}

Calhoun later managed the 1952 presidential campaign in DeSoto Parish for Republican presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower, who won the parish,{{cite web|url=http://ent.stparchive.com/Archive/ENT/ENT10172002p13.php|title=Gleanings|author=Sarah Stokes|publisher=Mansfield, Louisiana, Enterprise-Progress|date=October 17, 1952|page=13|accessdate=October 26, 2014}} but lost the electoral vote of Louisiana.

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