Calvin Graves

Calvin Graves (January 3, 1804 – February 11, 1877) was an American politician.

He was a house member of the North Carolina House of Commons and a member of the North Carolina State Senate.

Graves studied at the Bingham School, University of North Carolina, and with Leonard Henderson, before establishing a law practice in Yanceyville, and entering politics as a delegate from Caswell County to the 1835 state constitutional convention.

[2] He supported railway expansion and the North Carolina Railroad, supported the establishment of an insane asylum, and was a trustee at Wake Forest University.

[3] His vote for a railroad as Senate president broke a tie.