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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , John Quincy , 1767 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Calhoun , John Caldwell 1782 -1850 (search)
Calhoun, John Caldwell 1782-1850
Statesman; born in Abbeville District, S. C., March 18, 1782.
His father was a native of Ireland; his mother, formerly Miss Caldwell, was of Scotch-Irish descent re.
He was sent to Congress in 1811, where he remained, by successive elections, until 1817. Mr. Calhoun was very influential in pressing Madison to make a declaration of war with Great Britain in 1 he secession of any one of them, independent of all action on the part of others, was held by Mr. Calhoun nearly all his life.
His influence in his own State was very great; and his political tenet inaugurating the Civil War. He died in Washington, D. C., March 31, 1850.
His remains
John Caldwell Calhoun. lie under a neat monument in St. Philip's church-yard at Charleston, S. C. His writings in 6 volumes.
See Webster, Daniel.
Government of the United States.
The following is Senator Calhoun's conception ` of the national government, from his discourse on The Constitution :
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crawford , William Harris 1772 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis , George William 1824 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence in the light of modern criticism, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Embargo acts. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hammond , James Henry 1807 - (search)
Hammond, James Henry 1807-
Statesman; born in Newberry, S. C., Nov. 15, 1807; graduated at South Carolina College in 1825; elected to Congress in 1835; governor of the State in 1842, and United States Senator in 1857.
He was a supporter of Calhoun, and an ardent advocate of nullification.
When South Carolina seceded he resigned his seat in the United States Senate, and retired to his plantation in Beech Island, where he died.
Nov. 13, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hoist , Hermann Eduard von 1841 - (search)
Hoist, Hermann Eduard von 1841-
Historian; born in Fellin, Livonia, June 19, 1841; was educated in the universities of Dorpat and Heidelberg; came to the United States in 1866, and settled in New York.
In 1869 he became assistant editor of a German-American dictionary, and was a frequent contributor to American journals.
In 1872 he became Professor of History in Strasburg University, and in 1877 in Freiburg University.
In 1892 he accepted the position of head professor of history in the University of Chicago.
His most important work is The constitutional and political history of the United States.
He is also author of The constitutional law of the United States of America; and the Life of John C. Calhoun (in the American statesmen series).