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.

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John C. Calhoun canonical 55
John C. Calhoun (as Vice President of the United States) 1

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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 (historical name) ⓘ
surface form: 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 United States politics ⓘ
surface form: Southern nationalism
notableWork A Disquisition on Government ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Secretary of War ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of War

United States Senator ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Secretary of War → positionHeldBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Compromise of 1850 → opposedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
John Quincy Adams → vicePresident → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Calhoun County, Georgia → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Calhoun College (historical name) → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
subject surface form: Calhoun College
Andrew Jackson → vicePresident → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Era of Good Feelings → significantFigure → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Andrew Jackson presidential election → hasRunningMateOfWinner → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Nullification Crisis → keyFigure → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Missouri Compromise → keyFigureInDebate → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Martin Van Buren → precededBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
this entity surface form: John C. Calhoun (as Vice President of the United States)
Tapping Reeve → notableStudent → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Calhoun County, Florida → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Litchfield Law School → hasStudent → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina → notableBurial → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Daniel D. Tompkins → succeededBy (Vice President of the United States) → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Andrew Jackson presidency → vicePresident → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Calhoun → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
subject surface form: Calhoun, Georgia
Calhoun County → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
subject surface form: Calhoun County, Alabama
Tallmadge Amendment debate → significantPerson → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
War of 1812 era → keyFigure → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
11th United States presidential election → vicePresidentAfterElection → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
11th United States presidential election → runningMateOfAndrewJackson → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Tariff of 1828 → opposedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Tariff of 1832 → opposedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Compromise Tariff of 1833 → supportedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Compromise Tariff of 1833 → negotiatedWith → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Abbeville District, South Carolina → associatedWith → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Nullifier Party → supportedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Nullifier Party → associatedWith → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Fort Hill plantation, South Carolina → significantPerson → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Fort Hill plantation, South Carolina → ownedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
A Disquisition on Government → author → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
concurrent majority theory → developedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
concurrent majority theory → associatedWithPerson → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Robert Y. Hayne → supported → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Calhoun County, South Carolina → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Calhoun County → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
subject surface form: Calhoun County, Michigan
Calhoun County, Alabama → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1828 → vicePresidentAfterElection → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1828 → hadRunningMateOfWinner → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
slave power controversy → hasNotableFigure → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
subject surface form: Slave Power Controversy
Tariff of 1842 debates → participant → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Tariff of 1816 → significantSupporter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Bonus Bill of 1817 → introducedBy → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Bonus Bill of 1817 → associatedWithPolitician → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Presidency of John Quincy Adams → vicePresident → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Internal improvements debates → significantParticipant → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Second Party System → politicalLeader → John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Calhoun, Georgia → namedAfter → John C. Calhoun ⓘ