Solomon Soladin "S. S." Calhoon (January 2, 1838 – November 10, 1908) was an American judge and attorney. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1900 to 1908. Leslie Southwick
Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996
18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).

Early life

Calhoon was born January 2, 1838, near Brandenburg, Kentucky, to parents Louisiana and George Calhoon. He went to school in

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and attended Cumberland University in Tennessee. He attended the University of Mississippi, graduating in 1867. While there, he was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (aka

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Career

In 1857, he was the private secretary of Mississippi governor

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. The year after, he was the secretary for the Mississippi Senate. From 1858 to 1859, he was a newspaper editor of the '' Yazoo Democrat'' and the ''States' Right Democrat''. During the American Civil War Calhoon served in the

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, eventually becoming

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of the 9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In 1867, he was granted

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in Mississippi. He was the president of the 1890 constitutional convention, which created the 1890 Constitution of Mississippi. He became a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1900 to 1908. He succeeded Thomas H. Woods, the previous Justice.

Personal life

On December 21, 1965, he married Margaret McWillie. Calhoon died in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 10, 1908.

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