branch death_date term birth_date term_end death_place profession term_start rank name resting_place predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
south carolina state militia 14 april 1817 1804 -- 1805 22 october 1750 march 3 , 1811 calhoun mills , south carolina farmer june 2 , 1807 colonel joseph calhoun mount carmel , south carolina levi casey staunton , virginia democratic-republican member of the south carolina house of representatives south carolina 6th john c. calhoun joseph calhoun

joseph calhoun

joseph calhoun -lrb- october 22 , 1750 -- april 14 , 1817 -rrb- was a republican member of the south carolina house of representatives -lrb- 1804 -- 1805 -rrb- and represented south carolina in the united states house of representatives -lrb- 1807 -- 1811 -rrb- .
born in staunton , augusta county , virginia , he moved with his father to south carolina in 1756 and settled in granville district , on little river , near the present town of abbeville .
received a limited education and engaged in agricultural pursuits .
he served as a member of the south carolina house of representatives in 1804 and 1805 and was a colonel of the state militia .
in 1807 he was elected as a republican to the 10th united states congress to fill the vacancy for the 6th congressional district caused by the death of levi casey and was sworn in on june 2 , 1807 .
he was re-elected to the 11th congress and served until march 3 , 1811 .
he declined to be a candidate for re-election in 1810 and was succeeded by his first cousin john c. calhoun .
he was also a cousin of both john c. calhoun 's wife , floride and father-in-law , john e. colhoun .
calhoun returned to his agricultural pursuits and engaged in milling .
he died in calhoun mills , abbeville district -lrb- now mount carmel , south carolina -rrb- , and was buried there in the family cemetery .
