Calhoun, John Caldwell
(b. March 18, 1782; d. March 31, 1850) Antebellum statesman; served as vice president and secretary of war; strong spokesman for the southern states.
Although best remembered ...
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The American statesman John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) became the most effective protagonist of the antebellum South. It was his tragedy to become the spokesman for the dying institution of slavery....
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Calhoun's significance in the realm of letters is threefold. First, he successfully combined a career of political action with political thought and expression of a high order, in which he resembles t...
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John C. Calhoun's significance in the realm of letters is threefold. First, he successfully combined a career of political action with political thought and expression of a high order, in which he res...
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Calhoun, John Caldwell
John Caldwell Calhoun
John Caldwell Calhoun