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Charles Benedict Calvert (August 23, 1808 – May 12, 1864) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from the sixth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1861 to 1863.
Charles Benedict Calvert (1808-64) served as acting president of the Maryland Agricultural College in late 1859 and 1860. Calvert was founder of the Maryland Agricultural College, president of the Board of Trustees and a well-known philanthropist, planter and congressman.
Calvert was a pro-slavery Unionist, and in the summer of 1862, he signed a public letter to President Abraham Lincoln rejecting emancipation. He vowed to stay loyal to the Union “as long as we have a Constitution to defend and a Government to protect us.”
Charles Benedict Calvert: Founder of the University of Maryland Anne S.K. Turkos, University Archivist Emerita, University of Maryland Without Charles Benedict Calvert, the fifth child of George and Rosalie Calvert, the institution known today as the University of Maryland would not exist.
Learn about Charles Benedict Calvert, the founder of the University of Maryland, from his biography, timeline, and primary sources. Explore university records, government documents, farm journals, newspapers, and manuscripts related to his life and legacy.
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, FRS (29 September 1699 – 24 April 1751) was a British nobleman and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. He inherited the title to Maryland aged just fifteen, on the death of his father and grandfather, when the colony was restored by the British monarchy to the Calvert family's ...
Charles Benedict Calvert was born in August, 1808, at Riversdale, the plantation of his parents, George and Rosalie Stier Calvert. A dedicated and progressive agriculturalist, he was instrumental in the formation of the Prince George's County Agricultural Society, the Maryland State Agricultural Society and the United States Agricultural Society.
