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A Short Biography of John C. Calhoun

Author Name:

John C. Calhoun

Born As:

John Caldwell Calhoun

Other Names:

John Caldwell Calhoun

Born:

18 Mar 1782

Died:

31 Mar 1850




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Lawyer and politician                          
                          
                          
Vice-President of US - 1825-1832                          
Calhoun led the pro-slavery faction in the Senate in the 1830s and 1840s, opposing both abolitionism and attempts to limit the expansion of slavery into the western territories.