John C. Calhoun

By Dylan Textor

  • Birth

    I was born in Abbeville, South Carolina

  • Education

    I graduated from Yale.

  • Occupation

    I was elected to the South Carolina General Assembly where I served two years.

  • Occupation

    I was elected to the first of three terms in the United States House of Representatives.

  • Marriage

    I married my cousin, Floride Bonneau Calhoun.

  • Occupation

    I announced my first speech on war resolutions.

  • Occupation

    I introduced a bill for a war against Great Britain.

  • Occupation

    I became Secretary of War under President James Monroe.

  • Occupation

    I was elected Vice-President of the United States under John Q. Adams.

  • Living

    I moved to Fort Hill plantation, Pendleton, South Carolina.

  • Occupation

    I was sworn in as Vice President.

  • Occupation

    I resigned from the Vice Presidency.

  • Occupation

    I was elected to the United States Senate by the South Carolina Legislature.

  • Occupation

    I made a speech on Abolition Petitions.

  • Opinion

    I defend slavery as a possitive economic value.

  • Occupation

    I stopped thinking about running for the presidency.

  • Occupation

    I became Secretary of State under President John Tyler.

  • Occupation

    I eeelected to the United States Senate.

  • Occupation

    I made a speech on the resolutions dealing with the war with Mexico.

  • Death

    I died in Washington.