Calhoun, John C.

  • Posted on: 4 March 2015
  • By: seward_tech
Primary Name
First Name: 
John
Middle Name: 
C.
Surname: 
Calhoun
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
March
Birth Day: 
18
Birth Year: 
1782
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun
Death Info
Death Month: 
March
Death Day: 
31
Death Year: 
1850
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun
Relationships
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Marriage and Children Info
Biographical Information
Seward Context: 
Official/Professional
Profession: 
Politician
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
"John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading American politician and political theorist during the first half of the 19th century. Hailing from South Carolina, Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent of a strong national government and protective tariffs. After 1830, his views evolved and he became a greater proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification and free trade; as he saw these means as the only way to preserve the Union. He is best known for his intense and original defense of slavery as something positive, his distrust of majoritarianism, and for pointing the South toward secession from the Union."
Citation Notes: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun
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Editorial Information
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