William Barron Calhoun (December 29, 1796 – November 8, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Calhoun, the eldest child of Andrew Calhoun and Martha (Chamberlain) Calhoun,^[3] was born on December 29, 1796, in Boston, Massachusetts.^[3] Calhoun graduated from Yale College^[2] in 1814.

After his graduation from Yale, Calhoun studied law, first in Concord, New Hampshire,^[3] and later in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[2] Calhoun was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Springfield.

Calhoun served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1825-1834, serving as speaker 1828-1834.^[1]

Calhoun was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Whig to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843). Calhoun served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress). Calhoun was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

In 1844 Calhoun was a Presidential Elector for Henry Clay.^[2]

Calhoun served as member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1846 and 1847, serving as its president. He served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1848-1851 and State bank commissioner from 1853 to 1855. He served as mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1859.^[1] He was again a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1861.^[1]

Calhoun died in Springfield, Massachusetts, November 8, 1865, he was interred in Springfield Cemetery.

• 53rd Massachusetts General Court (1832)
• 54th Massachusetts General Court (1833)
• 55th Massachusetts General Court (1834)
• 68th Massachusetts General Court (1847)

• United States Congress. "William B. Calhoun (id: C000046)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• William B. Calhoun at Find a Grave
• Yale Obituary Record