Difference between revisions of "Riemer Calhoun"
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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name=Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr. | | name=Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr. | ||
| − | | office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator | + | | office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator<br> for DeSoto and Caddo parishes<br> (now District 38) |
| − | | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] | + | | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] |
| term_start=1944 | | term_start=1944 | ||
| term_end=1952 | | term_end=1952 | ||
| − | | preceded=Lloyd Hendrick<br> | + | | preceded=[[Lloyd Hendrick]]<br> |
[[Joe T. Cawthorn]] | [[Joe T. Cawthorn]] | ||
| succeeded=[[B. H. "Johnny" Rogers]]<br> | | succeeded=[[B. H. "Johnny" Rogers]]<br> | ||
| − | Charles Emery Tooke, Jr. | + | [[Charles Emery Tooke, Jr.]] |
| birth_date=April 5, 1909 | | birth_date=April 5, 1909 | ||
| − | | birth_place= | + | | birth_place=Mansfield, DeSoto Parish |
| death_date=August 4, 1994 (aged 85) | | death_date=August 4, 1994 (aged 85) | ||
| − | | death_place=Mansfield | + | | death_place=Mansfield, Louisiana |
| − | | resting_place=Highland Cemetery in Mansfield | + | | resting_place=Highland Cemetery in Mansfield |
| residence=Mansfield, Louisiana | | residence=Mansfield, Louisiana | ||
| religion= | | religion= | ||
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| children=From first marriage:<br> | | children=From first marriage:<br> | ||
Riemer Calhoun, Jr.<br> | Riemer Calhoun, Jr.<br> | ||
| − | Carolyn C. Huckabay<br> | + | Carolyn C. Whitehurst Huckabay<br> |
Thomas Allen Calhoun<br> | Thomas Allen Calhoun<br> | ||
'''Parents''':<br> | '''Parents''':<br> | ||
| − | + | Murray Ashby and Ruby Allen Calhoun | |
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr.''', known as '''Riemer Calhoun''' (April 5, 1909 – August 4, 1994),<ref name=findagrave> | + | '''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]] | + | 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]]. |
| − | == | + | ==Family background== |
| − | Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to | + | Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) and the former Ruby Allen (1874-1962)<br>.Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial. accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> 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 of Louisiana in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/thisiscentenary19421949/thisiscentenary19421949_djvu.txt|title=This Is Centenary: Alumni News|date=March 1942|publisher=archive.org|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
| − | + | Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (1912-1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clistacalhouncenter.com/clista-andrews-calhoun.html|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun|publisher=clistacalhouncenter.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> Clista had been orphaned at the age of ten.<ref name=clistaac/> The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935), a real estate broker in Shreveport, 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 (1924-2018).<ref name=mfcollege>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitors.com/veach/cajunsv1n3.htm|title=Some items from the Josh Logan Collection|publisher=claitors.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> | |
| − | + | When the former Mansfield Female College, which had been constructed during the early 1850s, was offered for sale by the town of Mansfield, the Calhouns purchased the property. They made extensive renovations to the main building, removed the top two floors, and converted the structure into their own family home. In 2002, Hope Calhoun and the Calhoun children from the first marriage donated the building and grounds for use as a state museum. After a $1.2 million reconstruction, the building, known as the Clista A. Calhoun Center, opened in September 2012. A foundation fund is also established in Clista's memory.<ref name=clistaac>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfnla.org/give-strategically/giving-stories/clista-andrews-calhoun-center|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun Center|publisher=cfnla.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.<ref name=mfcollege/> | |
| − | In | + | In June 1966, Calhoun became an original stockholder in the firm Modern Electronics, Inc., which manufactured equipment for use in pecan-shelling plants. In 1971, Tommy Calhoun acquired the shares of the company owned by his father and his sister to obtain majority ownership. The company underwent reorganization after the death of a partner in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.me-equip.com/history.php|title=Supporting the Pecan Industry: Company History|publisher=me-equip.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> |
| − | Older son Riemer Calhoun, Jr., developed and managed hundreds of apartment complexes throughout Louisiana and the American South.<ref name=stimes>"Mansfield businessman admits widespread fraud, | + | In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Cecil Whitehurst (1932-2022), an astrophysicist who worked in the early missile and space programs at Red Stone Arsenal in Huntsville, [[Aalabama]].<ref>Douglas Cecil Whitehurst Obituary - Shreveport Times. accessed July 14, 2022}}</ref>Known then as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, she ran as a Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, [[Hazel Beard]], the aunt of long-term Caddo Parish Sheriff [[Steve Prator]], who won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only two Republican mayors of the city since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref> |
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| + | Older son Riemer Calhoun, Jr., developed and managed hundreds of apartment complexes throughout Louisiana and the [[Southern United States|American South]].<ref name=stimes>"Mansfield businessman admits widespread fraud", ''The Shreveport Times,'' March 27, 2003.</ref> He was from 1990 to 1992 the president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, the first person from Louisiana to head the organization. In his capacity as president, Calhoun established an outreach program to enhance communications. He adopted the motto, "Tell the Longhorn story."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlbaa.org/tlbaa/history.html|title=History of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America|publisher=tlbaa.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> Calhoun, Jr., is married to the former Marcia Copeland (born 1938), the daughter of Nile Bailey Copeland (1909-1953) and Marian Smith Copeland Cooper (1913-2002) of Mansfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68900832|title=Marian Smith Copeland Cooper obituary|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 13, 2014}}</ref> | ||
In 2003, Calhoun, Jr., pleaded guilty to bilking the U.S. government and various investors out of $2.5 million;<ref name=stimes/> specifically, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit equity skimming. He was fined $1 million and served two five-year prison sentences consecutively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1104651.html|title=United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. USA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Riemer CALHOUN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant|publisher=caselaw.findlaw.com|date= | In 2003, Calhoun, Jr., pleaded guilty to bilking the U.S. government and various investors out of $2.5 million;<ref name=stimes/> specifically, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit equity skimming. He was fined $1 million and served two five-year prison sentences consecutively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1104651.html|title=United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. USA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Riemer CALHOUN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant|publisher=caselaw.findlaw.com|date= | ||
| − | August 26, 2004|accessdate= | + | August 26, 2004|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> Some of Calhoun's investors faced the loss of [[Internal Revenue Service]] tax credits received through the illegal business practices.<ref name=stimes/> Calhoun was released from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on February 19, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Jr.|publisher=bop.gov|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> |
| − | The senior Calhoun died in 1994 at the age of eighty-five. He | + | The senior Calhoun died in 1994 at the age of eighty-five. He and both of his wives are interred at Highland Cemetery in Mansfield.<ref name=findagrave/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Business People]] | [[Category:Business People]] | ||
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[[Category:Democrats]] | [[Category:Democrats]] | ||
Revision as of 18:53, July 14, 2022
| Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr. | |
| In office 1944–1952 | |
| Preceded by | Lloyd Hendrick |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | B. H. "Johnny" Rogers |
| Born | April 5, 1909 Mansfield, DeSoto Parish |
| Died | August 4, 1994 (aged 85) Mansfield, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Highland Cemetery in Mansfield |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Clista Andrews Calhoun (married 1933-1952, her death) (2) Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun |
| Children | From first marriage: Riemer Calhoun, Jr. |
| Residence | Mansfield, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Centenary College of Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businessman; Farmer |
Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Sr., known as Riemer Calhoun (April 5, 1909 – August 4, 1994),[1] was a Democrat from Mansfield, Louisiana, who represented DeSoto and Caddo parishes in the state Senate from 1944 to 1952.[2]
After he left the Senate, Calhoun in October 1952 managed the DeSoto Parish campaign for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the successful Republican presidential nominee. Eisenhower received 57.8 percent of the vote in DeSoto Parish[3] but lost the electoral vote of Louisiana that year to Adlai Stevenson of ]]Illinois]].
Family background
Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) and the former Ruby Allen (1874-1962)
.Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial. accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> He was reared in Ward 4 of DeSoto Parish. A farmer and real estate broker, he graduated in 1930 from the Methodist-affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport.[4]
Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (1912-1952), a native of Arkansas, was reared in Texarkana, Texas.[5] Clista had been orphaned at the age of ten.[6] The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935), a real estate broker in Shreveport, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (born 1937), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (born May 1943) of Shreveport.[6] Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow was Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (1924-2018).[7]
When the former Mansfield Female College, which had been constructed during the early 1850s, was offered for sale by the town of Mansfield, the Calhouns purchased the property. They made extensive renovations to the main building, removed the top two floors, and converted the structure into their own family home. In 2002, Hope Calhoun and the Calhoun children from the first marriage donated the building and grounds for use as a state museum. After a $1.2 million reconstruction, the building, known as the Clista A. Calhoun Center, opened in September 2012. A foundation fund is also established in Clista's memory.[6] The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.[7]
In June 1966, Calhoun became an original stockholder in the firm Modern Electronics, Inc., which manufactured equipment for use in pecan-shelling plants. In 1971, Tommy Calhoun acquired the shares of the company owned by his father and his sister to obtain majority ownership. The company underwent reorganization after the death of a partner in 1974.[8]
In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Cecil Whitehurst (1932-2022), an astrophysicist who worked in the early missile and space programs at Red Stone Arsenal in Huntsville, Aalabama.[9]Known then as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, she ran as a Republican candidate for mayor of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, Hazel Beard, the aunt of long-term Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator, who won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only two Republican mayors of the city since Reconstruction.[10]
Older son Riemer Calhoun, Jr., developed and managed hundreds of apartment complexes throughout Louisiana and the American South.[11] He was from 1990 to 1992 the president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, the first person from Louisiana to head the organization. In his capacity as president, Calhoun established an outreach program to enhance communications. He adopted the motto, "Tell the Longhorn story."[12] Calhoun, Jr., is married to the former Marcia Copeland (born 1938), the daughter of Nile Bailey Copeland (1909-1953) and Marian Smith Copeland Cooper (1913-2002) of Mansfield.[13]
In 2003, Calhoun, Jr., pleaded guilty to bilking the U.S. government and various investors out of $2.5 million;[11] specifically, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit equity skimming. He was fined $1 million and served two five-year prison sentences consecutively.[14] Some of Calhoun's investors faced the loss of Internal Revenue Service tax credits received through the illegal business practices.[11] Calhoun was released from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on February 19, 2008.[15]
The senior Calhoun died in 1994 at the age of eighty-five. He and both of his wives are interred at Highland Cemetery in Mansfield.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maurice Riemer Calhoun Sr. (1909-1994) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed July 14, 2022.
- ↑ Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2011. legis.state.la.us. Retrieved on October 25, 2014.
- ↑ Sarah Stokes (October 17, 1952). Gleanings. Mansfield Enterprise Progress. Retrieved on October 26, 2014.
- ↑ This Is Centenary: Alumni News. archive.org (March 1942). Retrieved on July 25, 2015.
- ↑ Clista Andrews Calhoun. clistacalhouncenter.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Clista Andrews Calhoun Center. cfnla.org. Retrieved on October 26, 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Some items from the Josh Logan Collection. claitors.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2014.
- ↑ Supporting the Pecan Industry: Company History. me-equip.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2014.
- ↑ Douglas Cecil Whitehurst Obituary - Shreveport Times. accessed July 14, 2022}}
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Mansfield businessman admits widespread fraud", The Shreveport Times, March 27, 2003.
- ↑ History of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America. tlbaa.org. Retrieved on October 26, 2014.
- ↑ Marian Smith Copeland Cooper obituary. findagrave.com. Retrieved on December 13, 2014.
- ↑ United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. USA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Riemer CALHOUN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. caselaw.findlaw.com (August 26, 2004). Retrieved on October 26, 2014.
- ↑ Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Jr.. bop.gov. Retrieved on October 26, 2014.
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