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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.
The couple had three children: a son, John Calhoun (born 1841) and Floride Elizabeth (born 1842). A third child, daughter Cornelia (known as “Nina”) was born in 1855. She died in infancy. Shortly after the birth of their first two children, Clemson accepted a position in Belgium. The Clemson family moved over-seas for the time.
After John Calhoun's death in 1850, the property and the 50 slaves there passed to his wife to be shared with three of her children: Cornelia, John, and Anna Maria, wife of Thomas Green Clemson. Anna sold her share to Floride Calhoun. Floride Calhoun sold the plantation to her son, Andrew
Unnamed Calhoun (1839–1839) John Calhoun Clemson (1841–1871) Floride Elizabeth Clemson (1842–1871) Cornelia "Nina" Clemson (1855–1858) Elizabeth Calhoun Sep 1819 – 1820 no spouse: Died in infancy Patrick Calhoun Feb 19, 1821 – Jun 1, 1858 no spouse: Captain, 2nd Dragoons: John Caldwell Calhoun Jr. May 17, 1823 – Jul 31, 1855
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 Adams: 1789–1797: Unitarian originally Congregationalist: 2: Thomas Jefferson: 1797–1801: Christian Deist/Deist. Although raised as an Anglican, Jefferson later in life rejected the idea of the divinity of Jesus and became a deist. [1] 3: Aaron Burr: 1801–1805 Presbyterian, later rejected the Resurrection of Jesus 4: George Clinton ...
The city of Charleston, S.C., began dismantling a 100-foot-tall statue of former vice president John C. Calhoun early Wednesday, a day after officials voted to bring it down. Where statues have ...
Cenotaphs of former U.S. Senators John C. Calhoun (left) and Henry Clay. The Congressional Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark Historic District with nine contributing structures and 186 contributing objects built from 1817 to 1876. Later structures and objects are considered to be "non-contributing" even if they are significant in the ...