Background
Calhoun, Charles Galloway was born on August 22, 1894 in Athens, Texas, United States. Son of John Caldwell (clergyman) and Susan Elizabeth (Moore) C.
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Charles Galloway Calhoun, American lawyer Mason (33°; grand master of the Grand Lodge of Texas 1936-1937; grand sovereign, Grand Imperial Council, Red Cross Constantine, for United States, Mexico, Philippine Islands; Shriner (Imperil potentate of North America, 1948-1949).; Club: Rotary (past president).
Education
Student of University Texas, 1913-1914. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1915, Doctor of Laws, 1952. Doctor of Laws, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1943.
Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Indiana Technical College, 1956.
Career
Admitted to Texas bar, 1915. District attorney 7th Judicial District of Texas, 1920-1927. Assistant attorney general of Texas, 1927-1928, 1st assistant attorney general, 1928-1930.
Member of law firm Ramey, Calhoun & Marsh, 1930-1958, Calhoun & Calhoun, 1959-1962.
Special assistant to attorney general, Selective Service System. Appointed ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952, declined.
Band leader 144th Infantry Band, 1917-1918. President Smith County Board of Education.
Vice president Texas War Chest.
President Community Chest. Director F.H.A., Eastern District Texas, 1934-1935, East. Texas Hospital Foundation. Member board trustee Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children.
Past president, Chairman of the Board of trustees Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children of North.A. Member board development Southern Methodist University Lectures to Men's Bible Class, Marvin Methodist Church, Tyler (program broadcast).
Delaware to Democratic National Convention, New York, 1924, Chicago, 1932, Philadelphia, 1936.
Delegate to General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, Church, South, 1934. Delegate Uniting Conference Methodist Church, 1939. Delegate to General Conference.
Achievements
Membership
Mason (33°; grand master of the Grand Lodge of Texas 1936-1937. Grand sovereign, Grand Imperial Council, Red Cross Constantine, for United States, Mexico, Philippine Islands Shriner (Imperil potentate of North America, 1948-1949).
Club: Rotary (past president).
Connections
Married Dorothy Callaway, June 25, 1922. Children: Elizabeth, Charles Galloway.
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Died
April 16, 1962 (aged 67) -
Resting place
Buried Tyler, Texas -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Methodist -
Political Party
Democrat