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John Caldwell Calhoun (/ k æ l ˈ h uː n /; [1] March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
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Portrait of John C. Calhoun is a circa 1858 oil on canvas portrait painting by Henry F. Darby, now in United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The painting portrays John C. Calhoun, who sat for his photograph in Mathew Brady's studio the year before he died in 1850. This portrait has the inscription on the back ”Calhoun / from Life by Darby ...
In 1935 when she was still in high school in Greensboro, North Carolina, Coit—like many people in the South at that time—venerated John C. Calhoun. In her eyes his life was heroic. [4] Calhoun was "a congressman and vice president under two presidents" [4] and "later a symbol of the lost cause of defending slavery."
John Caldwell Calhoun Statue: 1910 Frederic W. Ruckstull: Capitol Crypt: Marble [163] John E. Kenna Statue: 1901 Alexander Doyle: National Statuary Hall: Marble [164] John F. Kennedy Room Plaque: 1964 East Portico, U.S. Capitol Building: Bronze [165] John Gorrie Statue: 1914 C.A. Pillars: National Statuary Hall: Marble [166] John Hanson Statue ...