John C. Calhoun
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| John C. Calhoun | |
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| 7th Vice-President of the United States | |
| Term of office March 4, 1825 - December 28, 1832 | |
| Presidents | John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) Andrew Jackson (1829-1832) |
| Preceded by | Daniel D. Tompkins |
| Succeeded by | Martin van Buren |
| Born | March 18, 1782 Abbeville, South Carolina |
| Died | March 31, 1850 Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse | Floride Colhoun Calhoun |
| Religion | Unitarian |
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was the seventh Vice President of the United States under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. He previously served as James Monroe's Secretary of War. He resigned from office to fill a South Carolina Senate seat. He was the first Vice President to resign from office. His last words were "The South, the poor south." [1]
Along with two other powerful senators, Kentucky senator Henry Clay and Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster, Calhoun was a part of the "Great Triumvirate".
Calhoun led South Carolina's attempt to nullify the Tariff of 1828, which became known as the Nullification Crisis. Calhoun was a plantation owner who helped develop the "positive good" theory of slavery. He also developed the South's expansive interpretation of states' rights. After Calhoun, Southerners believed that they carried the rights of their states into nationally owned territories, including a right to own slaves.
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