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John C. Calhoun

1782 - 1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (; 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. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government and protective tariffs. In the late 1820s, his views changed radically, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John C. Calhoun is the 7,229th most popular politician (up from 7,729th in 2019), the 2,649th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,541st in 2019) and the 222nd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John C. Calhoun ranks 7,229 out of 19,576. Before him are Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Fa Ngum, Taimur bin Feisal, Antoine Gizenga, Shirley Chisholm, and Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria. After him are Dimitrije Ljotić, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Arthur Greiser, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria, Jeong Mong-ju, and Kerei Khan.

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Among people born in 1782, John C. Calhoun ranks 19. Before him are William Miller, Vicente Guerrero, Wilhelm von Biela, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Eugène de Mazenod, and Princess Marie of Baden. After him are Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Julie Guicciardi, Marcellin Marbot, Faustin Soulouque, Esaias Tegnér, and Georg August Goldfuss. Among people deceased in 1850, John C. Calhoun ranks 27. Before him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Vincent Pallotti, Jean-Pierre Boyer, William Sturgeon, and Carl Sigismund Kunth. After him are Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, William Prout, Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, Richard Mentor Johnson, and Gustav Schwab.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Calhoun ranks 2,649 out of 20,380. Before him are John Breckinridge (1760), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Michael Phelps (1985), Jean Tatlock (1914), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), and Shirley Chisholm (1924). After him are Don Rickles (1926), Stephen Crane (1871), LP (1981), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), Aaron Spelling (1923), and Glenn Davis (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John C. Calhoun ranks 222. Before him are Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Maggie Hassan (1958), Samuel Adams (1722), Mike Pompeo (1963), John Breckinridge (1760), and Shirley Chisholm (1924). After him are Cus D'Amato (1908), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Kamehameha II (1797), Ron Brown (1941), Henry Wilson (1812), and Eugene Meyer (1875).

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