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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.
Soon after John C. Calhoun's death in 1850, the Ladies' Calhoun Monument Association (LCMA) was formed "to aid in the erection, in or near the City of Charleston, of a monument sacred to the memory of John C. Calhoun." [1] However, the campaign initially struggled with fundraising, facing issues including embezzlement and lack of preparedness. [2]
Calhoun photographed by Mathew Brady in 1849. A Disquisition on Government is a political treatise written by U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina and published posthumously in 1851.
In U.S. politics, the Great Triumvirate (known also as the Immortal Trio) refers to a triumvirate of three statesmen who dominated American politics for much of the first half of the 19th century, namely Henry Clay of Kentucky, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. [1]
John C. Calhoun, a political theorist and the seventh Vice President of the United States advocated for the idea of "postive good" slavery. Calhoun was a leader of the Democratic-Republican Party in the early nineteenth century [18] who, in the Second Party System, initially joined the proslavery Nullifier Party but left by 1839.
Articles relating to John C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States (1782-1850, term 1825-1832) and his term in office. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Floride Bonneau Calhoun (née Colhoun; February 15, 1792 – July 25, 1866) was the wife of U.S. politician John C. Calhoun.She was known for her leading role in the Petticoat affair, which occurred during her husband's service as vice president of the United States.
Considered an early American third party, it was started by John C. Calhoun in 1828. [1] The Nullifier Party was a states' rights, pro-slavery party that supported strict constructionism with regards to the U.S. government's enumerated powers, holding that states could nullify federal laws within their borders.