sentences:  Calhoun served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1825-1834, serving as speaker 1828-1834.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).