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John C. Calhoun
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Other
| March 18, 1782 | John C. Calhoun born, Calhoun Mills, Abbeville District (now Mount Carmel, McCormick County), S.C | |
| January 14, 1819 | In a report to Congress Secretary of War John C. Calhoun recommended a series of internal improvements. Among these improvements are the Inland Waterway connecting Boston to Savannah and a post road running from Maine to New Orleans. | |
| March 4, 1824 | In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Convention nominates Andy Jackson for President, and Calhoun for Vice-president. Calhoun subsequently withdraws from the race for President to run for Vice-President | Pennsylvania |
| Election of 1824 | ||
| Andrew Jackson | ||
| Andrew Jackson | ||
| December 19, 1828 | Vice President John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest is presented to a state house committee formulating a response to the Tariff of 1828 | South Carolina |
| Nullification Crisis | ||
| November 19, 1832 November 24, 1832 |
Meeting in Columbia, John C. Calhoun and the Nullification convention formulates plans to usurp federal authority. They adopt an Ordinance of Nullification declaring the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 "...null, void and no law." | South Carolina |
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| March 3, 1843 | John C. Calhoun resigns from the Senate to run for President in 1844 | South Carolina |
| Robert Barnwell Rhett | ||
| February 16, 1850 | John C. Calhoun writes privately that the South "cannot with safety remain in the Union." | |
| March 4, 1850 | Too ill to deliver his prepared text to the Senate against Clay's plan, John C. Calhoun listens as Virginia Senator James M. Mason reads the text for him. | South Carolina |
| Speech by John C. Calhoun, March 4, 1850 | ||
| Compromise of 1850 | ||
| Henry Clay | ||
| March 7, 1850 | Daniel Webster rises in the Senate and supports Clay's Compromise of 1850. John C. Calhoun is listening. | |
| Compromise of 1850 | ||
| Henry Clay | ||
| March 31, 1850 | John C. Calhoun dies, Washington, D.C. |
John Caldwell Calhoun was a highly respected Senator from South Carolina who served as Secretary of War under Monroe and Vice-President under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. As Vice President under Jackson, Calhoun precipitated the Nullification Crisis.
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