'''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".