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'''Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr.''', known as '''Riemer Calhoun''' (April 5, 1909 – August 4, 1994),<ref name=findagrave>Maurice Riemer Calhoun Sr. (1909-1994) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from Mansfield, [[Louisiana]], who represented DeSoto and Caddo parishes in the state Senate from 1944 to 1952.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
'''Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr.''', known as '''Riemer Calhoun''' (April 5, 1909 – August 4, 1994),<ref name=findagrave>Maurice Riemer Calhoun Sr. (1909-1994) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from Mansfield, [[Louisiana]], who represented DeSoto and Caddo parishes in the state Senate from 1944 to 1952.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
After he left the Senate, Calhoun in October 1952 managed the DeSoto Parish campaign for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the successful [[Republican Party|Republican]] 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 Enterprise Progress''|date=October 17, 1952|page=13|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> but lost the [[electoral vote]] of Louisiana that year to [[Adlai Stevenson]] of ]]Illinois]].
After he left the Senate, Calhoun in October 1952 managed the DeSoto Parish campaign for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], the successful [[Republican Party|Republican]] 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 Enterprise Progress''|date=October 17, 1952|page=13|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> but lost the [[electoral vote]] of Louisiana that year to [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]].
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