| Willis G. Calderwood | |
| Birth Date: | July 25, 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Fox Lake, Wisconsin |
| Death Date: | 1956 |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Known For: | 1918 candidate for the Senate |
| Party: | Prohibition, National (1918) |
| Spouse: | Alice M. Cox |
Willis Greenleaf Calderwood (July 25, 1866 – 1956) was a Minnesota politician during the Progressive Era of American politics and was a candidate in multiple state elections in Minnesota.[1]
Calderwood was born on July 25, 1866, in Fox Lake, Wisconsin.[2]
He ran in several statewide elections in Minnesota. In 1914, he ran for governor of Minnesota on the Prohibition ticket.[3] He only received 18,582 votes, 5.41% of the total. Soon after this loss he challenged incumbent Republican senator Knute Nelson. Calderwood ran as a member of the National Party, which was a coalition of Progressives, Socialists, and Prohibitionists. In his 1918 senate run, he once again lost.[4]
In 1940, Calderwood published the book Temperance Facts. It was a compiled book of information on prohibition, and argued that national prohibition was a successful policy, and it would be best if reestablished. He also published many other books on the issue of Prohibition.
He died in 1956 at the age of 89.[5]