Nullifier Party

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defunct political party political party

The Nullifier Party was a short-lived 19th-century U.S. political party centered in South Carolina that championed states’ rights and the doctrine that states could nullify federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.

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Label	Occurrences
Nullifier Party canonical	2

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
activeIn	19th century ⓘ
associatedWith	George McDuffie ⓘ James Hamilton ⓘ surface form: James Hamilton Jr. John C. Calhoun ⓘ Robert Y. Hayne ⓘ
characterizedAs	minor party in U.S. politics ⓘ sectional party ⓘ short-lived ⓘ
coreDoctrine	defense of slavery as a state institution ⓘ states may nullify federal laws deemed unconstitutional ⓘ strict construction of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emergedFrom	states' rights faction of Democratic-Republicans ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	Jacksonian era ⓘ
goal	protect Southern economic interests ⓘ protect slavery from perceived federal encroachment ⓘ secure recognition of state power to veto federal laws ⓘ
hadStrongholdIn	South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ surface form: South Carolina legislature
historicalContext	Nullification Crisis ⓘ
ideology	nullification ⓘ pro-slavery politics ⓘ states' rights ⓘ
influenced	later secessionist thought in the American South ⓘ
influencedBy	Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions ⓘ surface form: Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions compact theory of the Union ⓘ
issueFocus	Tariff of 1828 ⓘ Tariff of 1832 ⓘ opposition to protective tariffs ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ
locatedIn	South Carolina ⓘ
opposed	expansion of federal power ⓘ federal tariff policy ⓘ
opposedBy	Andrew Jackson ⓘ Jacksonian Party ⓘ surface form: Jacksonian Democrats
politicalPosition	far-right ⓘ
region	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
succeededBy	Southern Democrats ⓘ American Party ⓘ surface form: Southern Rights Party
supported	greater autonomy for slaveholding states ⓘ
supportedBy	John C. Calhoun ⓘ

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John C. Calhoun → memberOfPoliticalParty → Nullifier Party ⓘ

John → memberOfPoliticalParty → Nullifier Party ⓘ

subject surface form: John C. Calhoun