21. CSAnet - Great Southern Men: CALHOUN, John C. (17821850). Born in the same year as Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun died twoyears before that statesman, who had been one of his political opponents. http://www.pointsouth.com/csanet/greatmen/calhoun/calhoun_comptons.html

Brought to you from CALHOUN, John C. John Caldwell Calhoun was born of Scottish parents on a frontier farm in Abbeville County, S.C. He was left fatherless when very young and received little early education. It is said that he seldom laughed and had no sense of humor. In 1804 he was graduated from Yale College with highest honors. Calhoun studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1807. He began law practice in Abbeville. In 1811 he married Floride Bouneau. Champion of Southern Causes It was impossible to take up the cause of the South and not uphold the institution of slavery. Accordingly, as the years passed, Calhoun, who had merely tolerated slavery, became its strongest defender. In order to extend slave territory, Calhoun, when secretary of state under Tyler, negotiated a treaty for the annexation of Texas, though he greatly deplored the war with Mexico that followed. If you found this page directly through a search, be sure to visit the CSAnet "Great Southern Men" section for more on Calhoun and others.

22. CSAnet - Great Men: John Caldwell Calhoun--NSH Statue John Caldwell Calhoun 17821850 Given by South Carolina to the NationalStatuary Hall Collection Marble by Frederic W. Ruckstull. http://www.pointsouth.com/csanet/greatmen/calhoun/calhoun-bio.htm

John Caldwell Calhoun Given by South Carolina to the National Statuary Hall Collection Marble by Frederic W. Ruckstull. Given in 1910; located in east central hall of the U.S. Capitol. On a small plantation in Abbeville County, South Carolina, John Caldwell Calhoun was born on March 18, 1782. He studied at Waddel's Academy in Georgia, graduated with honors from Yale in 1804, studied at Tapping Reeve's Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut, and was admitted to the bar in 1807. He practiced briefly in Abbeville before pursuing a political career. After one year in the state House of Representatives, he served from 1811 to 1817 in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming a leader of the "war hawks" and a staunch nationalist. Calhoun resigned to become President Monroe's secretary of war. He subsequently was elected to two successive terms as vice president, serving under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Resigning in 1832 because of political differences with Jackson, Calhoun was elected to the U.S. Senate and served until 1843. Appointed President Tyler's secretary of state, he secured the annexation of Texas. Elected again to the U.S. Senate in 1845, he served until his death. A powerful orator, Calhoun became the leading spokesman for the South during attempts to resolve politically the conflict between the sections. Calhoun, a brilliant theoretician, advocated a fine balance of nullification and the use of "concurrent majorities" to prevent the dissolution of the Union. His political treatises, published posthumously, were influential in America and abroad. Calhoun died on March 31, 1850, in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Charleston, South Carolina.

23. John C. Calhoun Portrait-www.scstatehouse.net - LPITS John Caldwell Calhoun (17821850) Vice President of the United Statesand US Senator See the John C. Calhoun Statue at the US Capitol. http://www.lpitr.state.sc.us/studentpage/calhoun.htm

John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) Vice President of the United States and U.S. Senator See the John C. Calhoun Statue at the U.S. Capitol. Portrait, National Portrait Gallery Oil portrait in the U.S. Senate Read about Calhoun and the "Famous Five "in the U.S. Senate archives John Caldwell Calhoun was born in the Abbeville District on March 18, 1782. Throughout his life he was very politically active. He served several terms in the House and the U.S. Senate. He was Secretary of War under President Monroe and was Secretary of State under President Tyler. As Secretary of War he improved the military establishment. As Secretary of State he helped in the maneuvers that led to the annexation of Texas. Calhoun was also Vice President under John Quincey Adams and Andrew Jackson. Calhoun was the only Vice President to ever resign from this position. He resigned because he was unable to do anything about President Jackson's stand on the Tarriff Act. A vote of U.S. Senators in 1957 declared Calhoun one of the 5 greatest senators of all time. His influence extended around the country. There are Calhoun counties in Illinois, Michigan, and South Carolina named after him. Calhoun died in 1850 and he was buried in St. Phillips Churchyard in Charleston. This page last updated: 8/13/02 2:21 PM

24. Calhoun, John C.; Cheek, Jr., H. Lee; (Editor): Calhoun: Selected Writings And S If you hear about John C. Calhoun (17821850) at all nowadays, it's from liberalswho try to tar him as a Southern-partisan relic whose thought was antiquated http://www.nrbookservice.com/bookpage.asp?prod_cd=C6131

25. Browse Top Level > Texts > Project Gutenberg > Subject > Political Science Author Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 17821850 Keywords Authors C Calhoun,John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850; Titles R ; Subject Political Science. http://www.archive.org/texts/textslisting-browse.php?collection=gutenberg&cat=Su

26. Browse Top Level > Texts > Project Gutenberg > Authors > C Calamity Jane, 18521903; Calderón De La Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681; Calhoun,John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850; Call, Annie Payson, 1853 http://www.archive.org/texts/textslisting-browse.php?collection=gutenberg&cat=Au

27. John C. Calhoun: Policital Writings John C. Calhoun. 17821850. Calhoun served as US senator from SourthCarolina, secretary of war, secretary of state, and twice as http://www.constitution.org/jcc/jcc.htm

John C. Calhoun Calhoun served as U.S. senator from Sourth Carolina, secretary of war, secretary of state, and twice as vice-president, and was a dominant figure, alongside such men as Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Calhoun's Disquisition on Government has been called a "deep look at the nature of man and government". Calhoun saw himself as the heir of Thomas Jefferson and the Republican tradition, but he rejected both the Lockean view of natural rights and the optimistic Enlightenment view of human nature and human societies. According to Calhoun, man is by nature selfish, arrogant, jealous, and vengeful, and these tendencies must be controlled by the state. There are no natural rights. Liberty is a reward and, inevitably, based upon the subjection or slavery of others. Calhoun went further, arguing that the United States was not a nation, but a confederation of nations, and attacked the key founding doctrines expounded by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in the Federalist Papers . In the Disquisition , he challenges Federalist 's assumption that institutions can be a product of reflection and reason;

28. South Carolina Legal History Collection P3 AnteBellum Period. (1795-1860). John C. Calhoun 1782-1850. Hailedby some as the last true political philosopher to hold national http://www.law.sc.edu/legal_history/scleghi3.htm

Ante-Bellum Period John C. Calhoun Hailed by some as the last true political philosopher to hold national office, condemned by others as the "Marx of the Master Class," Calhoun's place in history is secure. As a Congressman and Senator, Cabinet Officer and Vice President, he was at the center of American political life for nearly forty years. While best know as the premier advocate of Southern interests, Calhoun was devoted to the Union. He died still searching for means by which to avoid the dissolution of the Union that he knew was imminent. James Louis Petigru Perhaps no other man in South Carolina's history has so ably championed the unpopular, so eagerly defended the despised, and yet still commanded the near universal love and admiration of his fellow South Carolinians. Petigru lived and died a Unionist in a State determined to secede. On the fateful day, as delegates to the Secession Convention filed into the First Baptist Church for the opening of the Convention, Petigru watched scowling from across the street. A passerby asked him for the directions to the State Insane Asylum. Petigru pointed to the Church and muttered," It's right there." Populist Period Daniel S. Henderson

29. John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun 17821850 John Caldwell Calhoun was born in Abbeville,South Carolina, the son of a small farmer. He receoved little http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h272.html

Search ( Enter the name of an historical figure, event or issue) Full text search John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun was born in Abbeville, South Carolina, the son of a small farmer. He receoved little formal education early in life, but was able to graduate with honors from Yale in 1804. He remained in Connecticut to study law, but returned to his home state and was admitted to the bar in 1807. Calhoun served briefly in the state assembly, but was elected to Congress where he quickly aligned himself with the War Hawks . At this stage of his career he was an ardent nationalist, supporting Henry Clay 's American System Calhoun served as secretary of war under James Monroe . In the Election of 1824 Calhoun was elected vice president under John Quincy Adams ; the president and vice president had a rocky relationship. In the Election of 1828 Calhoun retained the vice presidency, this time under Andrew Jackson Calhoun’s views on the tariff question underwent a total change, from support in 1828 to strident opposition a short time later. The more radical elements in South Carolina supported the concept of nullification , but Calhoun initially counseled restraint. The Tariff of 1832, however, re-ignited the debate and led to a special convention which nullified the federal law within the confines of South Carolina. Calhoun again urged moderation and worked with Clay to bring about a compromise tariff measure. However, Calhoun resigned the vice presidency in order to take a seat in the Senate where he thought that he could more effectively advance Southern interests.

30. More About The Man - John C Calhoun Calhoun, the castiron man, who looks as if he had never been born, and never couldbe extinguished. -Harriet Martineau. 1782-1850. John C. Calhoun Biography. http://www.lucasfamily.com/johncalhoun.html

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks. Speech, May 27, 1836. "Calhoun, the cast-iron man, who looks as if he had never been born, and never could be extinguished." -Harriet Martineau JOHN C. CALHOUN Biography Senate Years of Service 1832-1843,1845-1850 John Caldwell Calhoun, (1782-1850), kal-hoon', American statesman and political philosopher. From 1811 until his death he served in the federal government, successively as congressman, secretary of war, VICE PRESIDENT , senator, secretary of state, and again as senator. Always he was at the heart of the issues of his time, notably the nullification crisis and the conflict over slavery. Loyal to his nation, to his state of South Carolina, and, above all, to his principles, he sought to preserve the union while advancing Southern interests. (Please note the Lucas Family doesn't support racism, or any hate act against anyone in ANY form, hate will not be tolerated here) Early Career Born in Abbeville district, S.C., on March 18, 1782, Calhoun grew up in an atmosphere of controversy and social change. The extension of cotton culture was bringing slavery into the up-country, where small farmers like his father were challenging the political dominance of the low-country planters. Calhoun was largely self-educated before he entered Yale as a junior in 1801. He graduated with honors in 1804; went on to law school, in Litchfield, Conn.; and was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1807.

31. John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun (17821850), of South Carolina, was a majorAmerican political figure before the Civil War. Calhoun played http://www2.worldbook.com/features/presidents/html/calhoun.htm

Click here for links to portraits of vice presidents. return to top John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), of South Carolina, was a major American political figure before the Civil War. Calhoun played an important part in national affairs for 40 years. He was vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832, and he ran for president several times but never won. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and of the Senate, and as secretary of war and secretary of state. Calhoun is best known for his doctrine of states' rights, in which he claimed that each U.S. state had a right to nullify (reject) national laws. He wished to use the doctrine to protect slavery and other Southern interests without requiring the Southern States to secede (withdraw) from the Union. Later, however, the doctrine helped bring on the Civil War (1861-1865). Early career Calhoun entered national politics as a member of the House of Representatives from 1811 to 1817. He was an ardent nationalist and, together with other young congressmen, was called a War Hawk for advocating the War of 1812 . He actively supported the government's postwar program, which included a protective tariff, a national bank, and an enlarged army and navy. He improved the army's organization while secretary of war from 1817 to 1825. Calhoun was the vice presidential running mate of both Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams in 1824. He won by a landslide, but the vote for president was indecisive. The House of Representatives picked Adams. In 1828, Jackson again opposed Adams for president, and Calhoun served as Jackson's vice presidential running mate. Jackson and Calhoun won the election. But after Jackson became President, the two men quarreled, especially over Calhoun's support of nullification.

32. Project Gutenberg Author Index Calhoun, Frances Boyd, 18671909. Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.Call, Annie Payson, 1853-1940. Calverley, Charles Stuart, 1831-1884. http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/author_index_C.html

Project Gutenberg Author Index "C" Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 Caesar, Gaius Julius, ca. 100-44 BC Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931 ... Curwood, James Oliver, 1878-1927 To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

33. Project Gutenberg Author Record Project Gutenberg Author record. Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell),17821850. Titles. Remarks of Mr. Calhoun of South Carolina on the http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/calhoun__john_c.__john_ca.html

Project Gutenberg Author record Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Titles Remarks of Mr. Calhoun of South Carolina on the bill to prevent the interference of certain federal officers in elections: delivered in the Senate of the United States February 22, 1839 To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

34. Picture History - John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) John Caldwell Calhoun (17821850) John C. Calhoun was a political leader and thepreeminent spokesperson for the states-rights doctrine and slavery in the South http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/4552/mcms.html

Advanced Search Abraham Lincoln Life Cycle Nature ... Footage Photographs and historical products for sale Stories behind great pictures from the past Educational web sites linked to historical programs Original Format: Cabinet Card Photograph File Size: Item#: Photographer: Mathew Brady All digital images are available for download as jpeg files at 300 dpi of original size. If you would like an image at a higher resolution, please email us your request at phinfo@picturehistory.com (be sure to include item number). Custom requests may take up to two weeks to be fulfilled and require an additional charge. John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) John C. Calhoun was a political leader and the preeminent spokesperson for the states-rights doctrine and slavery in the South. During his long and accomplished career he served as congressman, secretary of war, senator, vice president, and secretary of state. He was vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. It was in his last address to the Senate, made shortly before his death in 1850, that he warned of the disruption of the Union unless slavery was protected in the South. This is a photograph of a painting on a cabinet card published by Mathew Brady. Related Categories: Politicians Vice Presidents Cabinet, U.S.

35. Unitarian Universalist Biographical Dictionary John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun (17821850) was a United States representative,senator, secretary of war, secretary of state, and vice president. http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/johnccalhoun.html

Search the Dictionary Notes for Contributors Information Form Contributors Unitarian Universalist Association ... Notable American Unitarians John C. Calhoun John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) was a United States representative, senator, secretary of war, secretary of state, and vice president. A political sparring partner to John Quincy Adams , Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay, Calhoun is best remembered for the rallying cries of "states' rights" and "nullification," both of which he invoked to support his steadfast opposition to tariffs on manufactures and his defense of slavery. John C. Calhoun was born in Abbeville, on the frontier of South Carolina, the fourth child, third son of Scotch-Irish immigrant Patrick Calhoun and his second wife Martha Caldwell. Patrick was a landowner, a farmer, a legislator, an anti-Federalist political activist, and a slave owner. At a very early age John heard his father's fulminations against ratifying the Constitution. Education was hard to come by in the backwoods of South Carolina. John intermittently attended a school run by his brother-in-law, Moses Waddel, read voraciously, and acquired a taste for politics and history. The family recognized his academic gifts and, with his reluctant consent, decided to prepare him for a profession. After two years at Waddel's school, in the fall of 1802 Calhoun entered Yale, where he excelled as a student. Calhoun was raised a Calvinist, and remained a philosophical Calvinist in his firm work ethic, his resistance to such simple pleasures as dancing, and his bleak view of human nature. He was nevertheless strongly attracted to the philosophical and rational orientation of the emerging liberal tradition. Calvinist Timothy Dwight, the President of Yale, could not persuade Calhoun even to profess a faith in Christianity. It was at Yale that Calhoun first encountered Unitarian ideas, years before the formal split between Unitarian and Calvinist Congregationalists.

36. US Vice - Presidents - John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun 17821850, Democratic Republican John Quincy Adams AndrewJackson Born 1782 New York. Occupation Lawyer. Married, Died 1850. http://www.juntosociety.com/VP/calhoun.html

Home Patriotism Daddy Displaying Flag ... US Presidents To Learn More about this Vice - President Junto Society recommends these books! Elbridge Gerry's Salamander : TheElectoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution Click on Books United States Vice - Presidents John C. Calhoun Democratic Republican John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Born: New York Occupation: Lawyer Married Died: John C. Calhoun was vice president during the terms of John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson from 1825 to 1832. One of the most colorful and outspoken defenders of states rights and Southern causes Calhoun is well known to historians for much more than just having been a vice president. He was born 1782 in Abbeville Georgia. He attended Waddel academy and later graduated with honors from Yale in 1804. He studied law at Reeves in Connecticut and was admitted to the bar in 1807. He served less than a year in the Georgia legislature before being elected to the US House of Representatives where he served from 1811 to 1817. He was a leader of the "War hawks" during the War of 1812. He was Secretary of War for James Monroe from 1817 to 1825. In 1824 Calhoun was a candidate for president but wound up as vice president when John Quincy Adams was elected President in one of Americas most highly contested elections. Four years later he was reelected to the vice presidency when Andrew Jackson defeated J.Q. Adams. John C. Calhoun was the first and will certainly be the last Vice President to have served under two presidents who were political opponents.

37. US Vice Presidents Index John C. Calhoun, (17821850), Democratic Republican Served under JohnQuincy Adams Democrat Served under Andrew Jackson. 1825-1829 1829-1832. http://www.juntosociety.com/VP/vpindex.htm

Home Patriotism Daddy Displaying Flag ... US Presidents United States Vice - Presidents Index John Adams Federalist Served under George Washington Thomas Jefferson Democratic Republican Served under John Adams Aaron Burr Democratic Republican Served under Thomas Jefferson George Clinton Democratic Republican Served under Thomas Jefferson Elbridge Gerry Democratic Republican Served under James Madison Daniel D. Tompkins Democratic Republican Served under James Monroe John C. Calhoun Democratic Republican Served under John Quincy Adams Democrat Served under Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren Democrat Served under Andrew Jackson Richard M. Johnson Democrat Served under Martin Van Buren John Tyler Whig Served under William H. Harrison George M. Dallas Democrat Served under James K. Polk Millard Fillmore Whig Served under Zachary Taylor William R. D. King Democrat Served under Franklin Pierce John C. Breckinridge Democrat Served under James Buchanan Hannibal Hamlin Republican Served under Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson National Union (Republican) Served under Abraham Lincoln Schuyler Colfax Republican Served under Ulysses S. Grant

38. Steven L. Hoskin Civil War Autographs.comUSACALHOUN, JOHN C Calhoun, John C. (17821850) American Statesman – South Carolina; US Secretaryof War - 1817-25; US Vice President - 1825-32; US Secretary of State - 1844-45. http://www.civilwarautographs.com/otherhistitems/pages/Calhoun J 3014.htm

39. Exhibit2cw John Caldwell Calhoun (17821850). from the Netherlands collection? John C. Calhounis best remembered as an American statesman and political philosopher from http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cwvm/exhibit2cw.htm

Anchors need Fix Exhibit Hall 2 States' Rights Many people in the South believed that each state had the right to make its own laws and to decide for itself such issues as slavery. Between 1820 and 1860 this issue was argued by people in the streets and homes and churches of the United States. This issue of States' Rights was also very hotly debated in the Senate of the United States. In this exhibit you will have the opportunity to visit with three statesmen of this time who had conflicting interpretations regarding state and federal authority. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun. Start your cyber investigation by reading Politics Activity 2a Use the following chart to record and organize your information on these key issues as you visit with these great statesmen in cyberspace. Read at least one biography and one speech from each of the three men and then fill in the chart. Activity 2b Take the role of one of the three men that you have visited in this exhibit and write a short article expressing your opinion about whether you feel that the Union should try to work out it's differences or should it divide. Be sure to use facts that you gathered to support your point of view. SAVE YOUR WORK TO USE IN YOUR FINAL PROJECT Continue to add to your timeline as you travel through this exhibit.

40. Records For Cajuns -- Portraits. (in MARION) Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 17821850 Correspondence. Record 1 of 1.Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. Correspondence between Gen. http://js-catalog.cpl.org:60100/MARION/@CALIFORNIA/f7c140003000/0

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