John C. Calhoun: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Calhounās writings are collected in Robert Meriwether (ed.), The Papers of John C. Calhoun, 28 vol. (1959ā2003); H. Lee Cheek, Jr. (ed.), John C. Calhoun: Selected Writings and Speeches (2003); and Richard K. CrallĆ© (ed.), The Works of John C. Calhoun, 6 vol. (1851ā56, reissued 1968). Biographies include Irving H. Bartlett, John C. Calhoun: A Biography (1993); Charles M. Wiltse, John C. Calhoun, 3 vol. (1944ā51, reissued 1968), with an excessive pro-Calhoun bias; Margaret L. Coit, John C. Calhoun: American Portrait (1950, reissued 1991), also laudatory; Gerald Mortimer Capers, John C. Calhoun, Opportunist: A Reappraisal (1960), brief and critical; Richard Nelson Current, John C. Calhoun (1963), emphasizing the significance of Calhounās thought for the 20th century; and John Niven, John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union (1988), a sympathetic portrayal. James H. Read, Majority Rule Versus Consensus: The Political Thought of John C. Calhoun (2009), is also very useful.
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| Add new Web site: Foundation for Economic Education - John C. Calhoun: Champion of Sound Economics. | Aug 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - John C. Calhoun. | Jun 19, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - John Calhoun. | Nov 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - John C. Calhoun. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - John C. Calhoun, the Champion of Southern Institutions. | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Illinois Wesleyan University - "Our Liberty Most Dear": The Political Reforms of John C. Calhoun (PDF). | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - The Importance of John Calhoun in U.S. History with Robert Elder | BRI Scholar Talks. | May 10, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Center for the Study of Federalism - John C. Calhoun. | Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Centre At Middle Tennessee State University - John C. Calhoun. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - John C. Calhoun: Protector of Minorities? | Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Antiquarian Society - John C. Calhoun and he Secession Movement of 1850. | May 31, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: South Carolina Encyclopedia - Calhoun, John Caldwell. | Oct 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - John C. Calhoun. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - John C. Calhoun: The Man Who Started the Civil War. | May 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - John C. Calhoun. | Nov 24, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography - John C. Calhoun. | Aug 30, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 13, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 22, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 10, 2020 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Oct 16, 2017 | ||
| Added excerpts from speeches by Calhoun. | Oct 16, 2017 | ||
| Adjusted cross-references to point to the article on the Democratic-Republican Party rather than the Republican Party. | Oct 16, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Dec 05, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Miller Center - University of Virginia - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Dec 05, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Three Senatorial Giants: Clay, Calhoun and Webster. | Dec 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Portriat Gallery - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Dec 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History - A Biography of John Caldwell Calhoun. | Dec 02, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Clemson University - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Senate - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Architect of the Capitol - Biography of John Caldwell Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Portriat Gallery - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - Biography of John Caldwell Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Freedom A History of US - Biography of John Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Freedom A History of US - Biography of John Calhoun. | Feb 19, 2013 | ||
| Added his full name as a title variant: John Caldwell Calhoun. | Aug 16, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of John Calhoun. | Nov 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Elm. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Maps of World - Braga, Portugal. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States History - Biography of John C. Calhoun. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of John Caldwell Calhoun. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of John Calhoun. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 10, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |
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