Willis Greenleaf Calderwood was born on July 25, 1866 in Dodge County, Wisconsin Married on June 9, 1892 to Alice M. Cox Resided at 986 15th Ave SE in the Como neighborhood Died in 1956 Willis G. Calderwood was a prominent Minnesota Prohibitionist during the Progressive era of the early 20th century. He was a candidate for the U. S. Senate in 1916 and again in 1918, running a surprisingly strong campaign in 1918 against the long-time incumbent, Senator Knute Nelson. Calderwood in 1918 ran on the National Party ticket, “a temporary amalgam of pro-war Socialists, a Bull Moose Progressive remnant, and the left wing of a fragmented Prohibition party,” in loose coalition with the suffragist movement, the Nonpartisan League and other Progressives. (Quote is from p. 176 of Carl H. Chrislock. The Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918, 1971.) Prohibitionist, Methodist 1910-1914 State chair of the Minnesota Prohibition Party 1912 At-large Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1914 Candidate for Governor of Minnesota 1916 Prohibitionist candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota 1918 National candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota Additional sources of information:
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