Charles Benedict Calvert

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Charles Benedict Calvert

Charles Benedict Calvert (born August 24, 1808 in Riverdale , Prince George's County , Maryland , †  May 12, 1864 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Calvert attended the Bladensburg Academy and then studied until 1827 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . After that he worked in agriculture and especially in the field of cattle breeding. At the same time he embarked on a political career. He served in the Maryland House of Representatives for 1839, 1843, and 1844 . Calvert was involved in various agricultural organizations. He was chairman of the Prince George's County Agricultural Society and the Agricultural Society of Maryland . At the federal level, he was Vice President of the United States Agricultural Society . Calvert founded the Agricultural Research College , which became the Maryland Agricultural College in 1856 . He advocated the creation of a federal agriculture ministry ; this proposal was only implemented after his death.

In the congressional elections of 1860 Calvert was elected as a unionist in the sixth constituency of Maryland in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded George Wurtz Hughes on March 4, 1861 . Since he refused to run again in 1862, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1863 . This was shaped by the events of the civil war .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Charles Calvert resumed his previous agricultural activities. He died on May 12, 1864 in his hometown of Riverdale.

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SURNAME Calvert, Charles Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Riverdale , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1864
Place of death Riverdale , Maryland