Bob Calhoun

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Bob Calhoun
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 30th district
In office
December 12, 1988 – January 10, 1996
Preceded byWiley F. Mitchell
Succeeded byPatsy Ticer
Personal details
BornRobert Lathan Calhoun
(1937-07-22)July 22, 1937
DiedAugust 6, 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 83)
PartyRepublican
Education
Profession
  • Lawyer
  • politician

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

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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

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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

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On August 6, 2020, Calhoun died of prostate cancer in Berryville, Virginia, at age 83.[4]

References

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