Greene Washington Caldwell (April 13, 1806 – July 10, 1864) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.
The following year, he served for several months as an assistant surgeon in the United States Army before deciding to leave the medical field to study law.
Caldwell stayed in this deleted position until 1841 when he was elected to the 27th U.S. Congress as a member of the Democratic Party.
Caldwell's government service was interrupted by the Mexican-American War where he served as a commissioned captain of the Third Dragoons on April 9, 1847.
[2] Caldwell returned to political life and was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1849.