Calhoun, John Caldwell

Introduction

Calhoun, John Caldwell kălˌho͞onˈ, 1782–1850, American statesman and political philosopher, b. near Abbeville, S.C., grad. Yale, 1804. He was an intellectual giant of political life in his day.

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