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After he left the Senate, Calhoun in October 1952 managed the DeSoto Parish campaign for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the successful [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] nominee. Eisenhower received 57.8 percent of the vote in DeSoto Parish<ref>{{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=December 26, 2020}}</ref> but lost the [[electoral vote]] of Louisiana that year.
After he left the Senate, Calhoun in October 1952 managed the DeSoto Parish campaign for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the successful [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] nominee. Eisenhower received 57.8 percent of the vote in DeSoto Parish<ref>{{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=December 26, 2020}}</ref> but lost the [[electoral vote]] of Louisiana that year.
==Family background==
==Biography==
Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murry A. (born c. 1873) and Ruby Calhoun (born c. 1877). He was reared in Ward 4 of DeSoto Parish. A [[Farming|farmer]] and [[real estate]]broker, he graduated in 1930 from the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in [[Shreveport]]. Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (c. 1914 – February 1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154950796/clista-calhoun|title=Clista Amdrews Calhoun|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> Cista was orphaned at the age of ten. The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/carolyn-huckabay/carolynhuckabay?valid=true&|title=Carolyn Huckabay|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> a Shreveport real estate broker, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (born 1937), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (born May 1943) of Shreveport.<ref name=clistaac/> Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow was Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (1924-2020).
Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murry A. (born c. 1873) and Ruby Calhoun (born c. 1877). He was reared in Ward 4 of DeSoto Parish. A [[Farming|farmer]] and [[real estate]]broker, he graduated in 1930 from the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in [[Shreveport]]. Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (c. 1914 – February 1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154950796/clista-calhoun|title=Clista Amdrews Calhoun|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> Cista was orphaned at the age of ten. The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/carolyn-huckabay/carolynhuckabay?valid=true&|title=Carolyn Huckabay|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> a Shreveport real estate broker, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (born 1937), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (born May 1943) of Shreveport.<ref name=clistaac/> Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow was Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (1924-2020).