Biography c calhoun john price union
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Octavo, 9" tall, xvi + 367 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A near fine, clean, neat soft cover with light shelf wear, gently read, binding tight, paper cream white.
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Calhoun (1782-1850) 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 capacities--as 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.
Biography c calhoun john price union
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 cen