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  1. John C. Calhoun, American political leader who was a congressman, the secretary of war, the seventh vice president (serving under presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson), a senator, and the secretary of state of the United States. He championed states’ rights and slavery and was a symbol of the Old South.

  2. Calhoun opposed the invasion of Spanish Florida launched in 1818 by General Jackson during the First Seminole War, which was done without direct authorization from Calhoun or President Monroe, and in private with other cabinet members, advocated censuring of Jackson as punishment.

  3. 9 de nov. de 2009 · America 101: What is the Role of the Vice President? Outraged by this “corrupt bargain,” Calhoun increasingly opposed Adams' staunch federalist policies. With Jackson's presidential victory...

  4. John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jacksons vice president and a native of South Carolina, proposed the theory of nullification, which declared the tariff unconstitutional and therefore unenforceable. The Tariff of Abominations. After the War of 1812, a series of tariffs—taxes on imported goods—was enacted.

  5. 21 de feb. de 2020 · Led by John C. Calhoun, Jackson's vice president at the time, the nullifiers felt that the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 favored Northern-manufacturing interests at the expense of Southern farmers. After Jackson issued his proclamation, Congress passed the Force Act that authorized the use of military force against any state that ...

  6. In 1828, Jacksons soon to be Vice President and ally John C. Calhoun of South Carolina wrote an anonymously published a pamphlet titled “Exposition and Protest” which passionately criticized the tariff and laid the groundwork for nullification theory.