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'''John C. Calhoun''' 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."  <ref> [[Fandex]], Workman Publishing.  </ref>
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'''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."  <ref> [[Fandex]], Workman Publishing.  </ref>
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Along with two other powerful senators, [[Kentucky]] senator [[Henry Clay]] and [[Massachusetts]] senator [[Daniel Webster]], Calhoun was a part of the "Great Triumvirate".
    
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