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Calhoun, John Caldwell
Biography
18 Mar. 1782–31 Mar. 1850. Lawyer, politician. Born near Hutchinson’s Mill, Ninety-Sixth District (later Calhoun Mill, Mount Carmel, McCormick Co.), South Carolina. Son of Patrick Calhoun and Martha Caldwell. Graduated from Yale, 1804, in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Attended Litchfield Law School, Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Admitted to bar, 1807, and practiced law in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., South Carolina. Member of South Carolina House of Representatives, 1808–1809. Married Floride Bonneau Calhoun, 8 Jan. 1811, in Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina. Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1811–1817. U.S. Secretary of War, 1817–1825. Among founders of All Souls Unitarian Church, 1822, in Washington DC. Vice president of U.S. under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, 1825–1832. Member of U.S. Senate, 1832–1843, 1845–1850. U.S. Secretary of State, 1844–1845. Appointed chairman of U.S. Congress Committee on Finance, 1845. Died in Washington DC. Buried in Charleston.
Links
papers
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1840]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- General Smith’s Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States, circa 26 January–7 February 1844
- Circular, 23 September 1843
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- John Taylor, Martyrdom Account
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from B. G. Weedgil, 29 May 1844
- Letter from Editor, circa 21 February 1844
- Letter from John C. Calhoun, 2 December 1843
- Letter from Joseph L. Heywood, 23 October 1843
- Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844
- Letter to John C. Calhoun, 2 January 1844
- Letter to John C. Calhoun, 4 November 1843
- Letter to Presidential Candidates, 4 November 1843, Draft
John C. Calhoun Photograph by unknown photographer. (Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.)
- Gender
- Male