John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was a leading politician and political theorist during the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Written between 1843 and 1848, John C. Calhoun's A Disquisition on Government addresses such diverse issues as states' rights and nullification, slavery, and the growth of the federal judicial power. Articulating Calhoun's perspective on government as see... SEE MORE