Greene Washington Caldwell
U.S. Congressperson
1806 – 1864
Who was Greene Washington Caldwell?
Greene Washington Caldwell was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Belmont, North Carolina, April 13, 1806; pursued academic studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1831 and practiced; assistant surgeon in the United States Army 1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Charlotte, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons 1836–1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress; was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; appointed superintendent of the United States Mint at Charlotte in 1844; participated in the war with Mexico as captain of Infantry; commissioned captain of the Third Dragoons April 9, 1847, and was mustered out July 20, 1848; member of the State senate in 1849; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; resumed the practice of medicine; died in Charlotte, N.C., July 10, 1864 and is buried in Old Settlers' Cemetery in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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