Lake Calhoun

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Lake Calhoun MN 55417
United States
44° 54' 10.9584" N, 93° 13' 59.6064" W
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Lake Calhoun is in Hennepin County Lake Calhoun commemorates John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), the eminent statesman of South Carolina, who was secretary of war, 1817-25. He was vice-president of the United States, 1825-32; was U.S. senator, 1833-43; and was secretary of state under President Tyler, 1844-45, when he was again elected to the Senate, of which he remained a member until his death. The Dakota name of this lake is given as "Mde Medoza, Lake of the Loons," by Maj. T. M. Newson in his "Indian Legends of Minnesota Lakes" (no. 1, 1881, p. 18). From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.