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John C. Calhoun (17821850) was one of the prominent figure of American politics in the first half of the nineteenth century. The son of a slaveholding South Carolina family, he served in the federal government in various capacitiesas senator from his home state, as secretary of war and secretary of state, and as vice-president in the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Calhoun was a staunch supporter of the interests of his state and region. His battle from tariff reform, aimed at alleviating the economic problems of the southern states, eventually led him to formulate his famous nullification doctrine, which asserted the right of states to declare federal laws null and void within their own boundaries. In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost half a century, John Niven skillfully presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South. Deftly blending Calhouns public career with important elements of his private life, Niven shows Calhoun to have been at once a more consistent politician and a far more complex human being than previous historians have thought. Rather than historys image of an assured, self-confident Calhoun, Ni

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Author

John Niven

Publisher

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807118580

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Memoir, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (21 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14