Nullification crisis
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The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Caro
An 1864 political cartoon recalling the crisis
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800
James Madison
Portrait of Martin Van Buren
The 1832 Democratic National Convention was held from May 21 to May 23, 1832, in Baltimore, Maryland. In the first presidential nominating convention ever held by the Democratic Party, incumbent Presi
President Andrew Jackson of Tennessee
Former ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom Martin Van Buren of New York
District Court Judge Philip P. Barbour of Virginia
Representative Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky