Bob Calhoun
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 30th district | |
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| Preceded by | Wiley F. Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Patsy Ticer |
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| Born | Robert Lathan Calhoun Script error: No such module "person date". Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Berryville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
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Robert Lathan Calhoun (July 22, 1937 – August 6, 2020) was a lawyer in Alexandria, Virginia, who served as a Republican member of the Alexandria City Council and the Senate of Virginia.[1]
Early life and education
Calhoun was born in Oak Park, Illinois on July 22, 1937. He graduated from Tufts University in 1959 and Yale Law School in 1963.
Political career
In 1975, Calhoun was elected to the Alexandria City Council on the Republican ticket, serving two three-year terms. In 1984, he ran again for a vacant seat on the city council and served until December 12, 1988, when he was elected in a special election to the Virginia Senate, representing the 30th Senate District, which included most of Alexandria and some precincts in Fairfax County, Virginia.[2] He served one partial and one full term in the Senate before being defeated by the mayor of Alexandria, Democrat Patsy Ticer, in 1995.[1]
He was selected as a director of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, serving from 1997 to 2003. He practiced law in Alexandria, Virginia.[3]
Death
On August 6, 2020, Calhoun died of prostate cancer in Berryville, Virginia, at age 83.[4]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Becker, Sarah (January 16, 2012). "Alexandria Living Legend Bob Calhoun". Alexandrianews.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Virginia Elections Database: Robert L. Calhoun (R)". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Robert Calhoun". rpb-law.com. Redmon, Peyton & Braswell LLP. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former City Councilor and State Sen. Bob Calhoun dies at 83". Alextimes.com. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
