James Caldwell
Deceased Person
1763 – 1840
Who was James Caldwell?
James Caldwell was the first Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives.
Caldwell was born in Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War he served under Archibald Woods and Thomas Wright. In moved Lincoln County, Kentucky where he served under William Whitley in the American Indian Wars.
In 1786 he married Meeke Perrin in Lincoln County. He served in the Kentucky General Assembly from Harrison County, Kentucky from 1800 to 1807.
In 1810 he moved to Libertyville, Missouri.
He was elected to the Missouri Territorial Legislature and the first Missouri House of Representatives in 1820 and was named the Speaker.
In 1822 he was elected to the Missouri State Senate but lost re-election in 1824 to his son-in-law James Kerr
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