Philo Clark Calhoun (December 4, 1810 – March 21, 1882) was an American industrialist, banker, and politician who served as president of the Fourth National Bank of New York.
After he finished his term of service, his employer sent him to Charleston, South Carolina, as assistant manager of the firm there.
The warm climate of Charleston restored his poor health and he returned to Bridgeport in 1834 with "a vigorous constitution and the full confidence of his firm.
[1] He also served as a director of the Farragut Fire Insurance Co., treasurer of the Central Coal Co., and trustee of the mortgagees of several railroad companies.
[8] He served until the beginning of the U.S. Civil War when he found himself "at variance with the Democratic Party, by which he had been so long honored, and yet unwilling to desert it for the Republicans, with which he was more in sympathy, he turned more closely than ever to his business, and never again held office.
[4] After a weeks illness, Calhoun died of pneumonia at 152 Madison Avenue, his residence in New York City, on March 21, 1882.