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John Caldwell Calhoun (/ k æ l ˈ h uː n /; [1] March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
The Calhoun/Colhoun family is a prominent political family in the United States and is a key political family in U.S. history.The Calhouns rose to power in the South prior to the Civil War and today continue to hold political power and influence through private-sector leadership and control in the South as well as in the Midwest and in New England.
Eleanor Hulda Calhoun was born in Visalia, California. Nicknamed "Nellie", she was the daughter of Judge E. E. Calhoun, a Tulare County, California pioneer and relative of John C. Calhoun, and Laura A. Davis Calhoun, a writer on biological and agricultural topics. [1]
His father, Andrew Pickens Calhoun, was a planter. [1] He had a brother, Patrick Calhoun. [1] His paternal grandfather, John C. Calhoun, served as the Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832. [2] [3] He was educated in Demopolis, Alabama [1] and graduated from South Carolina College in 1863. [4]
In the years preceding Anna Calhoun Clemson's death, she and her husband discussed starting an agricultural college in upstate South Carolina. They decided that the college would be situated in Fort Hill and that John C. Calhoun's house would remain on the land. The house still stands at the center of Clemson University's campus.
Unnamed Calhoun (1839–1839) John Calhoun Clemson (1841–1871) Floride Elizabeth Clemson (1842–1871) Cornelia "Nina" Clemson (1855–1858) Elizabeth Calhoun Sep 1819 – 1820 no spouse: Died in infancy Patrick Calhoun Feb 19, 1821 – Jun 1, 1858 no spouse: Captain, 2nd Dragoons: John Caldwell Calhoun Jr. May 17, 1823 – Jul 31, 1855
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Graves was born in 1856 in Willington, South Carolina, to General James Porterfield Graves (1820–1914) and Katherine Floride Townes (1827–1858).He was related to the Calhoun family, a prominent family in 18th and 19th-century American politics, and was the great-grandnephew of John C. Calhoun, who served as Vice President of the United States from 1825 until 1832.