Senator John N. Calhoun View All Years

JOHN N. CALHOUN

MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable John N. Calhoun, begs leave to submit the following memorial:

John N. Calhoun was born at Birmingham, Iowa, on December 2, 1903. He was graduated from the Birmingham High School and from Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, and received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1929, the year he was admitted to the bar. On June 25, 1929, he was married to Dorothea Rains. They had two sons, John R., of Long Beach, California, and Clifford J., of Boulder, Colorado, and a daughter, Carol, of New York, New York. He taught high school at Lockridge, Iowa, from 1923 through 1925, and after receiving his law degree in 1929, practiced law in Keosauqua, Iowa, until 1937.

He enlisted in the National Guard in 1936, and was called to duty as a master sergeant in 1941. He served approximately five and one-half years of active duty and was released in 1946 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He served on numerous general courts-martial in the Persian Gulf Command and was acting staff judge advocate at one time. Mr. Calhoun returned to the National Guard, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel in 1958 and was named honorary Colonel in 1963. He was county attorney in Des Moines County from 1951 through 1954, and president of the Des Moines County Bar Association one term.

Mr. Calhoun was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Rotary, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Elks.

John N. Calhoun served the State of Iowa as Senator from Van Buren and Jefferson Counties during the Forty-fifth, Forty-fifth Extra, and Forty-sixth General Assemblies.

He died on November 1, 1971.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothea; two sons, John R., and Clifford J., a daughter, Carol, and six grandchildren.

Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable John N. Calhoun, the state has lost an honored citizen and a faithful and useful public servant, and the Senate by this resolution would express its appreciation of his services to his community, state and nation and tender its sympathy and kindest regards to the members of his family.

Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the journal of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.

CHARLES P. MILLER, Chairman

RICHARD L. STEPHENS

WILSON L. DAVIS

Committee

The resolution was unanimously adopted.