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John C. Calhoun

Also known as John Caldwell Calhoun, John Calhoun

vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 (1782–1850)

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John C. Calhoun was a prominent American politician who served as vice president from 1825 to 1832 and lived from 1782 to 1850. He matters because he was a major political figure during a turbulent period in American history, though the provided information doesn't detail his specific contributions or significance.

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Born: 1782
Died: 1850
Works: 12

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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the fifth instant, requesting him to "cause to be laid before it, a statement of the effective force, now comprising the military establishment of the United States; also, a statement of the different posts and garrisons, at, and within, which troops are stationed, and the actual number of officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates, at each post and garrison respectively; also, to designate in such statement the number of artillerists, and the number of calibre of ordnance at each of the said posts and garrisons."
Letter from the secretary of war, transmitting information respecting the adjustment and payment of the claims of the friendly Creek Indians, under the treaty of the 9th August, 1814
Letter from the Secretary of War
Letter from the Secretary of War, to the speaker of the House of Representatives, accompanied with statements of the sums awarded by the commissioner of claims, under the act "authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed, by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States," passed 9th April, 1816, and an amendatory act, passed 3d March, 1817, &c. &c. &c
Report of the Secretary of War, of the number of warrants for military bounty land, issued to soldiers who served during the late war, and the quantity of land included in such warrants

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Quotes

“Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.”
“The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.”
“The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.”
“A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.”
“I hold that the present state of civilization, where two races of different origin, and distinguished by color, and other physical differences, as well as intellectual, are brought together, the relation now existing in the slaveholding states between the two, is, instead of an evil, a good. A positive good.”
“Many in the South once believed that slavery was a moral and political evil. That folly and delusion are gone. We see it now in its true light, and regard it as the most safe and stable basis for free institutions in the world.”

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Number of children: 10

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Commons category: John Calhoun
date of birth: 1782-01-01
date of death: 1850-01-01
name in native language: John C. Calhoun
birth name: John Caldwell Calhoun

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John Caldwell Calhoun (/kælˈhuːn/; March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government and protective tariffs. In the late 1820s, his views shifted, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs, and distinguished himself as an outspoken defender of American slavery. Calhoun saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a condition of the South remaining in the Union. His beliefs heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860 and 1861. Calhoun was the first of two vice presidents to resign from the position, the second being Spiro Agnew, who resigned in 1973.

Born in South Carolina, Calhoun began his political career with election to the House of Representatives in 1810. As a prominent leader of the war hawk faction, he strongly supported the War of 1812. Calhoun served as Secretary of War under President James Monroe and, in that position, reorganized and modernized the War Department. He was a candidate for the presidency in the 1824 election. After failing to gain support, Calhoun agreed to be a candidate for vice president. The Electoral College elected him vice president by an overwhelming majority. He served under John Quincy Adams and continued under Andrew Jackson, who defeated Adams in the election of 1828, making Calhoun the most recent U.S. vice president to serve under two different presidents.