John C. Calhoun

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American politician United States Secretary of State United States Secretary of War United States representative United States senator United States vice president human political theorist

John C. Calhoun was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, known for his strong advocacy of states’ rights, slavery, and nullification, and for serving as U.S. vice president and in several key federal offices.

Aliases (1)

John C. Calhoun (as Vice President of the United States) ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → United States Secretary of State → United States Secretary of War → United States representative → United States senator → United States vice president → human → political theorist →
advocatedFor	concurrent majority theory → doctrine of nullification →
appointedBy	James Monroe →
burialPlace	St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1782-03-18 →
dateOfDeath	1850-03-31 →
describedSlaveryAs	a positive good →
educatedAt	Litchfield Law School → Yale University →
endTime	1832-12-28 (as Vice President) →
ethnicGroup	Scots-Irish American →
familyName	Calhoun →
givenName	John →
honoredIn	Calhoun College (former name of a Yale residential college) → Calhoun County, South Carolina →
ideology	nullification → pro-slavery → states' rights →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party → Democratic-Republican Party → Nullifier Party →
movement	Southern nationalism →
notableWork	A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States → A Disquisition on Government →
numberOfChildren	10 →
officeHeldEndTime	1825-03-04 (as Secretary of War) → 1845-03-10 (as Secretary of State) →
officeHeldStartTime	1817-12-08 (as Secretary of War) → 1844-04-01 (as Secretary of State) →
participantIn	Nullification Crisis →
placeOfBirth	Abbeville District, South Carolina → near Abbeville, South Carolina →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina → United States Secretary of State → United States Secretary of War → United States Senator from South Carolina → Vice President of the United States →
religion	Presbyterianism →
represented	South Carolina →
residence	Fort Hill plantation, South Carolina →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Floride Bonneau Colhoun →
startTime	1825-03-04 (as Vice President) →
supported	slavery in the United States →
vicePresidentOf	United States of America →
vicePresidentUnder	Andrew Jackson → John Quincy Adams →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Calhoun College → Calhoun County, Florida → Calhoun County, Georgia →	namedAfter
Andrew Jackson → John Quincy Adams →	vicePresident
Andrew Jackson presidential election →	hasRunningMateOfWinner
Litchfield Law School →	hasStudent
Nullification Crisis →	keyFigure
Missouri Compromise →	keyFigureInDebate
Tapping Reeve →	notableStudent
Compromise of 1850 →	opposedBy
Secretary of War →	positionHeldBy
Martin Van Buren ("John C. Calhoun (as Vice President of the United States)") →	precededBy
Era of Good Feelings →	significantFigure