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Born in Abbeville, South Carolina
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Served 2 years in the SC General Assembly
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He was a staunch Nationalist and called for war against England.
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Married his cousin, Floride Bonneau Calhoun
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1st of three terms- Twelfth Congress
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Resigned from the House, was appointed to be the Secretary of War.
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Elected Vice-President of the United States, under John Q. Adams.
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Calhoun started to turn away from supporting a strong national government. He viewed the "Tariff of Abominations" as being favorable to the industrial North and detrimental to the agrarian South.
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Elected Vice-President of the United States under Andrew Jackson
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Calhoun secretly wrote "The South Carolina Exposition and Protest."
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The Jefferson Day Dinner is held. President Jackson toasted,"Our Union: It must be preserved!" In response, Calhoun stated "The Union, next to our liberty, most dear. May we always remember that it can only be preserved by distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union." These statements solidified the contrasting ideas of the two statesmen.
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South Carolina declared the Tariff of 1832 "null and void."
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The South Carolina Legislature appointed Calhoun to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate.
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Calhoun resigned as Vice President under Andrew Jackson
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Defended nullification and debated with Webster in the United States Senate.
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Joined with Henry Clay in support of the "Compromise Tariff of 1833." It aimed to lower the tariff, but still granted Congress the authority to enact whatever tariffs they deemed necessary.
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US Senate passed the Force Bill. President Jackson was granted authority to use military force to make South Carolina comply with federally imposed tariffs.
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South Carolina held a "Nullification Convention" in Columbia, SC and ultimately nullified the Force Bill.
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Retired from the Senate to seek the Presidency and started his work on two books, "A Disquisition on Government" and "A Discourse on the Constitution of the United States."
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Became Secretary of State under President John Tyler. Negotiated Texas annexation treaty which failed in the Senate. Later drafted the joint resolution for annexation which passed the two houses of Congress.
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Tried to rally the Southern congressmen to a united stand. He was nearly finished with writing his two books, "A Disquisition on Government" and "A Discourse on the Constitution of the United States."
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Last speech from Calhoun was read to Senate by Senator James Mason of Virginia.
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Died in Washington, DC. He is buried at St. Philip's Episcopal Church (western cemetery) in Charleston, SC.
