John C. Calhoun

1782 - 1850

Titles on this disk:

• author: Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun

Quotation:

• (28 November, 2005) John C. Calhoun notes that taxation divides the community into two great antagonistic classes, those who pay the taxes and those who benefit from them (1850)

About this person:

Calhoun is one of the most important American politicians and political theorists in the first half of the 19th century. He served as a member of the House of Representatives, Secretary of War, Vice-President, and Senator. In his writings he was concerned with states rights, tariff policy, limits to federal power and majority rule, and slavery.