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Also Known As John Caldwell Calhoun
Born March 18, 1782 ā€¢ Abbeville ā€¢ South Carolina
Died March 31, 1850 (aged 68) ā€¢ John C. Calhoun ā€¢ United States
Title / Office United States Senate (1845-1850), United States ā€¢ United States Senate (1832-1843), United States ā€¢ vice president (1825-1832), United States ā€¢ vice president of the United States of America (1825-1829), United States ā€¢ House of Representatives (1811-1817), United States
Political Affiliation Democratic-Republican Party ā€¢ War Hawk
Role In Nullification Crisis ā€¢ United States presidential election of 1824 ā€¢ United States presidential election of 1828

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