Calhoun, John Caldwell
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Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782–1850) U.S. legislator, Secretary of War, Vice President, and Secretary of State, born near Abbeville, South Carolina, on March 18, 1782, John C. Calhoun graduated from Yale University in 1804, became a lawyer in South Carolina. As Secretary of War (1817–25) under President
James Monroe, Calhoun was instrumental in improving the administration and professionalism of the U.S. Army. He oversaw improvement of the army ration, reorganized the army's pay and pension system, supported the reform of the
West Point curriculum, and backed the construction of a system of coastal and frontier fortifications. In 1822, Calhoun also proposed the so-called “expansible Army” plan whereby a small peacetime army could be rapidly expanded in time of crisis. He served as Vice President from 1825 to 1832 under Presidents
John Quincy Adams and
Andrew Jackson. He resigned in 1832 to take a seat in the Senate where he served until 1843. He was a leading advocate of “states rights,” and developed the so-called “nullification” theory by which the states could “nullify” national laws they considered inimical to state interests. Calhoun subsequently served as U.S. Secretary of State (1844–45) and signed the treaty annexing Texas, but upon his return to the Senate in 1846, he opposed the
Mexican War (1846–48).
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In the footsteps of an Ulster pioneer; In the first article of an occasional series on Ulster-Scots luminaries who pioneered the American frontier in the 18th/early 19th century, BILLY KENNEDY retraces the footsteps of United States Vice-President John C Calhoun, whose father emigrated from Londonderry.(Features)
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; ...Hazel Arnette Blair, and son, John Anthony "Tony" Blair. Born...the son of his late parents, John Caldwell Calhoun Blair and Annie Myrtle Shrader...preceded in death by his brother, John "Jack" Caldwell Calhoun Blair, Jr. Mr. Blair, a...
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; ...Hazel Arnette Blair, and son, John Anthony "Tony" Blair. Born...the son of his late parents, John Caldwell Calhoun Blair and Annie Myrtle Shrader...preceded in death by his brother, John "Jack" Caldwell Calhoun Blair, Jr. Mr. Blair, a...
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; ...Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson is also remembered with a memorial at the Waxhaw cemetery. The Calhoun family, of American Vice-President John Caldwell Calhoun, is also deep-rooted in the Carolinas and David Hume brings to light some interesting...
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EXPLORING POWER THAT FUELED LBJ; ROBERT CARO WILL DISCUSS JOHNSON AS A SENATOR.(Stars)
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; ...hadn't been like that since before the Civil War, since the days of (Daniel) Webster, (Henry) Clay and (John Caldwell) Calhoun." As an investigative reporter at Newsday on Long Island in the 1960s, the native New Yorker set out to educate...
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; ...addition to her parents, Annie Myrtle Shrader Blair and John Caldwell Calhoun Blair, she was preceded in death by her brothers...Blair Murphy, and Roberta Ainsworth Clay; her nephew, John Anthony (Tony) Blair, and numerous great and great...
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; ...Jewish philosopher, 1135; Sir John Hawkins, publisher, editor and...and leader of fashion, 1840; John Caldwell Calhoun, statesman, 1850; Rudolf Steiner...Reagan was shot in the chest by John W. Hinckley Jnr, 1981. Today...
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'The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into the acknowledgement of inferiority' ; THOUGHT OF THE DAY
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; John Caldwell Calhoun, US politician, Senate speech (1847)
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New absentee ballots to be sent out
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; ...first former vice president to make a later try for another office. The lineup from history: John Caldwell Calhoun, elected vice president with John Quincy Adams, 1824, and with Andrew Jackson, 1828. Resigned vice presidency when he was elected...
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John Caldwell Calhoun
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Caldwell Calhoun The American statesman John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) became the most effective protagonist of the antebellum South. It was his tragedy to be come the spokesman for the dying institution of slavery. John C. Calhoun...
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Calhoun, John Caldwell
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
CALHOUN, JOHN CALDWELL John Caldwell Calhoun achieved prominence as a U.S. vice president, Southern politician, and a staunch defender of states' rights. Calhoun was born March 18, 1782, in Abbeville County, South Carolina. After graduating...
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Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850)
Book article from: American Eras
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) Vice president, senator, and southern nationalist Early Life. John Caldwell Calhoun was born on 18 March 1782 in the South Carolina uplands near the...
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Calhoun, John C.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Calhoun, John C. (1782–1850), politician...rights champion.For over a generation John Caldwell Calhoun dominated politics both in his native...served as vice president (under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson ), Calhoun...
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