Patrick C. Caldwell Explained

Patrick Calhoun Caldwell
State:South Carolina
District:9th
Term Start:March 4, 1841
Term End:March 3, 1843
Predecessor:John K. Griffin
Successor:District abolished
Office2:Member of the South Carolina Senate
Term2:1848
Office3:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Term3:1838  - 1839
Birth Date:10 March 1801
Birth Place:Newberry, South Carolina
Alma Mater:South Carolina College
Profession:attorney
Party:Democratic

Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (March 10, 1801 – November 22, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born near Newberry, South Carolina, Caldwell studied at South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), graduating in 1820. He then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in South Carolina.

He served as member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives 1838–1839.

Caldwell was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress.He served in the South Carolina State Senate in 1848.He died in South Carolina on November 22, 1855.