John C. Calhoun, Sectionalist, typed draft with corrections. 1840-1850, v. 3.

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Holmes, Alester G. (Alester Garden), 1876-1953

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Wiltse, Charles M. (Charles Maurice), 1907-1990

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Charles M. Wiltse, Cornell graduate; employed by New York in government research and public administration; assistant to director of Education for the National Youth Administration until 1940 when Dutton Publishing Co. commissioned him to write a Calhoun biography. In 1943 he served for a short time in the U.S. Army until he received a disability discharge. He then took a position with the war production board. Between 1942-1951 he wrote and published his three volume biography of John C. Calhou...