When1: 1832
When2: 1850
Who: John C. Calhoun [Calhoun, John C.]
What: lawyer/senator/vice-president
Where: South Carolina
works\ On the Clay Compromise Measures [1850]
Detail: He lived 1782 to 1850 and believed in balanced powers and states' rights. In a tariff case {tariff of abominations}, he supported state right to declare federal law unconstitutional {nullification, Calhoun}. Vice-president and senator championed states' rights of veto and secession.
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