American politician
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.
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